Transapical Deployment of Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft for an Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, William G. Moser, CRNP, Nimesh D. Desai, MD, Rita K. Milewski, MD, Albert T. Cheung, MD, Alberto Pochettino, MD, Joseph E. Bavaria, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 616-618 (February 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.090 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Preoperative computed tomographic angiogram can demonstrates a saccular pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta after previous coronary artery bypass graft. (B) Postoperative computed tomographic angiogram demonstrates exclusion of pseudoaneurysm with no evidence of endoleak. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 616-618DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.090) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Intraoperative aortogram demonstrating pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta with (B) completion exclusion after thoracic endovascular aortic repair with the Cook Zenith TX2 endograft (Cook, Bloomington, IN). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 616-618DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.090) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions