When stent-grafts fail: extraction and open surgical repair of the thoracic aorta

Joseph S Coselli; Susan Y Green; Scott A LeMaire

When stent-grafts fail: extraction and open surgical repair of the thoracic aorta

Tex Heart Inst J. 2011;38(6):658-60.

Authors

Joseph S Coselli¹, Susan Y Green, Scott A LeMaire

Affiliation

¹ :Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

PMID: 22199427
PMCID: PMC3233344

No abstract available

Keywords: Aneurysm, dissecting/surgery; aneurysm, ruptured/surgery; aorta, thoracic; aortic aneurysm, thoracic/surgery; blood vessel prosthesis implantation/adverse effects; device removal; endovascular procedures/adverse effects; reoperation; stents; thoracic surgical procedures.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Device Removal*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Failure*
Reoperation
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Failure