Surgical treatment of an aortic arch aneurysm without cardio-pulmonary bypass: endovascular stent-grafting after extra-anatomic bypass of supra-aortic vessels

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Jan;27(1):159-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.07.051.

Abstract

A 70-year-old patient presented a large saccular aneurysm involving the whole aortic arch. Because of a past history of left thoracotomy and a high co-morbidity profile, we opted for a combined strategy, consisting of an extra-anatomic bypass of the supra-aortic vessels, followed by the endovascular implantation of a covered thoracic stent-graft. Endovascular stent grafting of aortic arch aneurysm, after extra anatomic bypass of supra-aortic vessels, appears as an attractive alternative strategy for high surgical risk patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome