Unusual case of late thoracic stent graft failure after cardioversion

Anthony D Caffarelli; Filip Banovac; Stephen C Cheung; Dominick Fleischmann; R Scott Mitchell

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.087

Unusual case of late thoracic stent graft failure after cardioversion

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 May;81(5):1875-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.087.

Authors

Anthony D Caffarelli¹, Filip Banovac, Stephen C Cheung, Dominick Fleischmann, R Scott Mitchell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford, California, USA.

PMID: 16631691
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.04.087

Abstract

We report the unusual case of successful endovascular exclusion of a thoracic aortic aneurysm with subsequent thoracic aortic aneurysm reduction, and development of an interval, acute type III endoleak after cardioversion 5 years after stent graft deployment.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Electric Countershock* / adverse effects
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure
Time Factors