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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 2:3:259-262.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.04.030. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Repair of extra-anatomic bypass graft structural degeneration and pseudoaneurysm with endovascular stent-graft relining

Elizabeth H Stephens  1 , Dominik Fleischmann  2 , Albert Starr  3 , D Craig Miller  4
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Repair of extra-anatomic bypass graft structural degeneration and pseudoaneurysm with endovascular stent-graft relining

Elizabeth H Stephens et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Imaging 8 years postoperatively showing patent “re-lined” extra-anatomic graft.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging of extra-anatomic bypass showing (A) 5.2-cm pseudoaneurysm (∗) and in 3-dimensional reconstruction (B) stenosis at the anastomosis to the native ascending aorta (arrow, 1-cm diameter) along with pseudoaneurysm (∗). C, Intraoperative photograph demonstrating erosion of the extra-anatomic bypass graft through the cortex of the posterior sternal table (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
A and B, Three-dimensional reconstruction of early postoperative computed tomographic showing the new vascular graft with a widely patent proximal anastomoses to the native aorta and the endovascular stent graft relining the previous extra-anatomic graft.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Three-dimensional volume-rendered computed tomographic angiogram of the aortic arch and extra-anatomic graft 8 years postoperatively showing patent “re-lined” extra-anatomic graft.
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