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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:694
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

On the originality of the technique described by Sueda and coworkers

Noedir A.G. Stolf, MD, PhDa

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Division, Heart Institute of University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo 05403-010, Brazil

e-mail: stolf{at}incor.usp.br

To the Editor

I read the article by Sueda and coworkers [1] with interest. In the article the authors state that they developed a technique for use of endoluminal stent graft in descending aorta with insertion through the aortic arch. Neverthless, Palma and coworkers [2] as well as ourselves [3] reported exactly this same procedure in 1997 and 1998. In our initial publication we reported 11 cases and in a later publication in 1999, 13 cases. In this last one there were six aneurysms and seven dissections with special problems including acute case and rupture in five [4]. Now we have 39 patients in whom this technique was used with special indications and good results.

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  1. Sueda T., Watari M., Okada K., Orihashi K., Matsuara Y. Endovascular stent-grafting through the aortic arch: an alternative approach for distal arch aneurysm. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1251-1254.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  2. Palma J.H., Almeida D.R., Carvalho A.C., Andrade J.C., Buffolo E. Surgical treatment of acute type B aortic dissection using an endoprosthesis (elephant trunk). Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1081-1084.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
  3. Stolf N.A.G., Pego-Fernandes P.M., Souza L.R., et al. Uso da protese endovascular auto-expansível para tratamento das doenças da aorta torácica descendente. Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc 1998;13:124-130.
  4. Stolf N.A.G., Pego-Fernandes P.M., Souza L.R., et al. Self-expanding endovascular stent-graft implant for treatment of descending aortic diseases. J Card Surg 1999;14:9-15.[Medline]




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