Treatment of a complex thoracoabdominal aneurysm and dissection with a branched graft

Kristen M Piazza; James H Black 3rd; Natalia O Glebova

doi:10.1097/01.JAA.0000471608.54160.0d

Treatment of a complex thoracoabdominal aneurysm and dissection with a branched graft

JAAPA. 2015 Dec;28(12):44-9. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000471608.54160.0d.

Authors

Kristen M Piazza¹, James H Black 3rd, Natalia O Glebova

Affiliation

¹ Kristen M. Piazza practices in the Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. James H. Black III is an associate professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at the University of Colorado in Denver. Natalia O. Glebova is an assistant professor of surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

PMID: 26595694
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000471608.54160.0d

Abstract

This article describes the management of a patient with a complex symptomatic thoracoabdominal aneurysm and discusses the branched graft approach to surgical repair of complex aortic aneurysms. The case highlights the importance of a team approach during a complex, high-risk surgery and the perioperative period.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Angiography
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Grafting / instrumentation
Vascular Grafting / methods