Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 655-661 , April 2007

Anatomic factors associated with acute endograft collapse after Gore TAG treatment of thoracic aortic dissection or traumatic rupture

  • Bart E. Muhs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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  • Ron Balm, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Geoffrey H. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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  • Hence J.M. Verhagen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hence J. M. Verhagen, MD, PhD, Department of Vascular Surgery, G.04.129, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Received 7 October 2006 ,Accepted 11 December 2006.

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A dynamic electrocardiography-gated computed tomography scan demonstrates a TAG stent graft with increasing collapse during systole. The pulse wave can be seen passing around the stent graft and perfusing the lower body through a very small passage external to the endoprosthesis. The aneurysm is not excluded.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Muhs receives a speaking honorarium from W. L. Gore & Associates, and Drs White and Verhagen have consulting agreements with W. L. Gore & Associates.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(06)02259-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.023

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 655-661 , April 2007

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