treatment of a tuberculous aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta in a young patient. A 28-year old male patient was diagnosed with a mycotic aortic tuberculous aneurysm (Fig. 1A) and a thoracic endoprosthesis was implanted. An additional 6-month course of tuberculostatic drugs was completed. After 24 months of follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic with no evidence of infection recurre...

Persistent double dorsal aorta is a rare congenital anomaly of the descending aorta. It is an anomaly with two variants. The first type is characterized by complete separation of two dorsal aortae. The second type is a double-lumen descending aorta with a central dividing septum from the level just below the ductal ligament to the aortic bifurcation. We present a completely separated double dor...

Introduction: Atherosclerosis has been shown to be a systemic disease frequently involving multiple vascular beds . Atherosclerotic diseases occurring in carotid arteries and thoracic aorta have been demonstrated to be associated with transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke . Recently, Mani et al [5] reported that both carotid artery and thoracic aorta showed greater plaque burden in patient...

The treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms using endovascular stents is one of the more recent advances in treatment and is receiving increasing attention as it is a less invasive alternative to open surgical repair. Although the technology is still primitive, significant improvements have lately been made in the design and deployment of the endovascular stent-grafts. Aortic stent-gr...

Two patients who underwent surgical exclusion of the thoracic aorta for chronic dissecting aneurysms of the descending aorta died 4 and 8 years after surgery due to complications in part related to the operative technique. One patient developed pseudoaneurysm of the proximal aortic stump with fatal exsanguination through an aortapulmonary fistula. The other patient developed progressive dilatat...

Background Many high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis cannot undergo valve replacement surgery due to calcification of the ascending aorta. Aortic valve bypass (AVB) surgery uses a conduit and prosthetic valve placed transapically into the left ventricle to divert flow from the apex of the heart through the conduit and prosthetic valve to the descending thoracic aorta to improve cardia...

BACKGROUND The natural history of aneurysms ends in rupture and death. In 1990 the first endovascular exclusion of an aneurysm, using an endoluminal graft implanted through the femoral arteries was performed. More recently, the same procedure has been used for aneurysms of the thoracic aorta. AIM To report our experience with endovascular treatment of thoracic aorta aneurysms. MATERIAL AND ...