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Case Reports
. 2006 Jul;82(1):308-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.075.

Endovascular treatment of a thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm after previous open repair

Derek R Brinster  1 , Desirae M McKee, Dawn M Olsen, Scott S Berman, Julio A Rodriguez-Lopez
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Endovascular treatment of a thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm after previous open repair

Derek R Brinster et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

The use of endovascular stents to treat descending thoracic aortic pathologies is emerging as a less invasive therapy to treat high-risk patients. This case report describes the presentation of a patient with a pulsatile mass on her back. The patient's computed tomographic scan revealed the mass to be an extension of a large psuedoaneurysm from the site of a previous repair of her thoracic aorta for a dissecting aneurysm several years earlier. The psuedoaneurysm was successfully treated with an endovascular stent and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day 5.

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