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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:308-310
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Endovascular Treatment of a Thoracic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm After Previous Open Repair

Derek R. Brinster, MD a , b , * , Desirae M. McKee, MD c , Dawn M. Olsen, PA c , Scott S. Berman, MD d , Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, MD c

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
b Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
c Department of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
d Tucson Valley Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Arizona

Accepted for publication September 21, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Brinster, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 (Email: dbrinster{at}partners.org).

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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