Technical strategies to expand stent-graft applicability in the aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aorta.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2002
Abstract
The endovascular repair of thoracic aortic pathology is on an evolutionary threshold, as advancing technologies and techniques combine to offer the interventionist expanded treatment opportunities. A variety of maneuvers are recommended to address the landing zone limitations to thoracic endografting imposed by the arch vessels: transostial bare stent placement, intentional occlusion of the arch vessel origin, vessel transposition, and bypass grafting. These adjunctive techniques can help us extend the option of a minimally invasive treatment to a greater number of patients with severe thoracic aortic lesions and comorbidities that place them at high risk for standard surgical intervention.
Volume
9 Suppl 2
First Page
32
Last Page
38
ISSN
1526-6028
Published In/Presented At
Criado, F. J., Barnatan, M. F., Rizk, Y., Clark, N. S., & Wang, C. F. (2002). Technical strategies to expand stent-graft applicability in the aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aorta. Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists, 9 Suppl 2, II32–II38.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12166839
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article