Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) to retrieve a stented elephant trunk graft entrapped in the false lumen of dissection patients

Hui-Qiang Gao; Hong-Kai Zhang; Shang-Dong Xu

doi:10.1111/jocs.16780

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) to retrieve a stented elephant trunk graft entrapped in the false lumen of dissection patients

J Card Surg. 2022 Oct;37(10):3426-3427. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16780. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

Authors

Hui-Qiang Gao¹, Hong-Kai Zhang², Shang-Dong Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung & Vascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

PMID: 35916149
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16780

Abstract

A stented elephant trunk graft entrapped in the false lumen during Sun's procedure (total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation) is a serious complication with an extremely high mortality rate. This article describes a case of a patient who was successfully saved with the use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Keywords: TEVAR; entrapped; false lumen; stented elephant trunk graft; thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / surgery
Aortic Dissection* / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
Endovascular Procedures* / methods
Humans
Stents
Treatment Outcome