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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2013; 01(04): 227-230
DOI: 10.12945/j.aorta.2013.13-037
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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
1   Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Matthew Fok
1   Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Richard G. McWilliams
3   Radiology Department, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Michael Desmond
2   Department of Anaesthesia, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Mark Field
1   Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Robert K. Fisher
4   Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Aung Oo
1   Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
,
Manoj Kuduvalli
1   Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Service, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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02 August 2013

20 September 2013

Publication Date:
28 September 2018 (online)

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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.

Key Words

Aorta/aortic - Aortic arch - Aortic operation - Endovascular procedures/stents
 

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