A Single-Stage Repair of Arch and Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Using Jotec E-vita Open Plus Hybrid Stent Graft Combined With Antegrade Deployment of Thoracic Endograft

Mohamad Bashir; Matthew Fok; Richard G McWilliams; Michael Desmond; Mark Field; Robert K Fisher; Aung Oo; Manoj Kuduvalli

doi:10.12945/j.aorta.2013.13-037

A Single-Stage Repair of Arch and Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Using Jotec E-vita Open Plus Hybrid Stent Graft Combined With Antegrade Deployment of Thoracic Endograft

Aorta (Stamford). 2013 Sep 1;1(4):227-30. doi: 10.12945/j.aorta.2013.13-037. eCollection 2013 Sep.

Authors

Mohamad Bashir¹, Matthew Fok¹, Richard G McWilliams², Michael Desmond³, Mark Field¹, Robert K Fisher⁴, Aung Oo¹, Manoj Kuduvalli¹

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom;
² Radiology Department, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool, United Kingdom; and.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom;
⁴ Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Abstract

We report a unique case of a 63-year-old female with extensive peripheral vascular disease who underwent a single-stage surgical repair of the aortic arch and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm utilizing the Jotec E-vita Open Plus hybrid stent graft system combined with antegrade deployment of a thoracic endograft via a median sternotomy.

Keywords: Aorta/aortic; Aortic arch; Aortic operation; Endovascular procedures/stents.

Publication types

Case Reports