Citation

Mestres G, Maeso J, Fernandez V, Matas M. J. Vasc. Surg. 2006; 43(6): 1270-1273.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.016

PMID

16765252

Abstract

We present the case of a 40-year-old man who underwent aortic endoprosthesis implantation for a traumatic lesion of the thoracic aorta (Gore TAG, 26 x 100 mm, after the instructions for use for a thoracic aorta of 22-24 mm). At 6 months, he came to the emergency room for a hypertensive crisis and acute pulmonary edema. The chest radiograph and thoracoabdominal computed tomographic angiography study showed collapse of the endoprosthesis and a type I proximal leak. A second TAG graft was inserted within the previously collapsed device, and re-expansion was achieved, with resolution of the initial symptoms. At 3 and 6 months, the patient remained asymptomatic, and there were no new findings on computed tomographic angiography.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Aneurysm, False; Angiography; Aorta, Thoracic; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; Humans; Male; Prosthesis Failure; Reoperation; Suicide, Attempted; Tomography, X-Ray Computed