Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 841-844 , October 2008

Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic aortic disruptions with “stacked” abdominal endograft extension cuffs

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Jan 17-20, 2007.

Received 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 May 2008.

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    Computed tomography angiography demonstrates blunt aortic disruption with peri-aortic hematoma (arrow).

    Computed tomography angiography demonstrates blunt aortic disruption with peri-aortic hematoma (arrow).

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    Technique of “distal to proximal” deployment of endograft extension cuffs to improve seal and wall apposition (arrows indicated distal to proximal deployment).

    Technique of “distal to proximal” deployment of endograft extension cuffs to improve seal and wall apposition (arrows indicated distal to proximal deployment).

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00829-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.055

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 841-844 , October 2008

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