Endovascular Repair of Zone 0 Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report

Sarah Halbert; Christian Nagy; Jared Antevil; Shawn Sarin; Gregory Trachiotis

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1777436

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2023; 11(04): 152-155
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777436

Case Report

Endovascular Repair of Zone 0 Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report

Sarah Halbert

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

²Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia

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Christian Nagy

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

³Department of Cardiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

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Jared Antevil

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

⁴Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia

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Shawn Sarin

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

⁵Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia

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Gregory Trachiotis

¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia

⁴Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Although open surgery is standard of care for ascending aortic pathology, endovascular approaches can be viable options. We report the case of a 77-year-old man with a 5.7-cm ascending aorta penetrating ulcer. Given his age and clinical profile, the patient underwent Zone 0 thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Keywords

ascending aorta - TEVAR - stent grafting - landing zone

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