Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4305633 | Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 62-year-old man underwent an elephant trunk procedure followed by thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). Computed tomography angiography-based models were built to quantify volume of the whole aorta and true and false lumens preoperatively, before TEVAR, after TEVAR, and at follow-up at 3, 6, and 12 months. With TEVAR, descending aortic true lumen volume increased by 54%, then increased additionally by 60% during 12 months. The descending aortic false lumen volume regressed continuously for 12 months following TEVAR, with the most rapid rate from 6 to 12 months at 16 cm3/month. TEVAR immediately increased true lumen volume and continued to remodel the true and false lumens throughout the following 12 months.
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Authors
Ga-Young Suh, Kelsey Hirotsu, Ramin E. Beygui, Michael D. Dake, Dominik Fleischmann, Christopher P. Cheng,