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Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1361-1368 , December 2008

Early and midterm results after endovascular stent graft repair of penetrating aortic ulcers

Philipp Geisbüsch, MD
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
- Reprint requests: Philipp Geisbüsch, MD, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Drosos Kotelis, MD
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
Tim F. Weber, MD
- Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Alexander Hyhlik-Dürr, MD
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, MD, PhD
- Department of Radiodiagnostics and Interventional Radiology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
Dittmar Böckler, MD, PhD
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany

Received 16 May 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

Pre- (A)/postoperative (C and D) computed tomography angiography (CTA) and intraoperative (B) angiography showing a successfully treated penetrating aortic ulcer with stent graft repair.

Pre- (A)/postoperative (C and D) computed tomography angiography (CTA) and intraoperative (B) angiography showing a successfully treated penetrating aortic ulcer with stent graft repair.
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Localization and distribution pattern of all penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU) (n = 56).

Localization and distribution pattern of all penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU) (n = 56).
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Pre- (A) and postoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA) showing a successful exclusion (B) of a penetrating aortic ulcer with a large pseudoaneurysm but stent graft infection (C) and evidence

Pre- (A) and postoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA) showing a successful exclusion (B) of a penetrating aortic ulcer with a large pseudoaneurysm but stent graft infection (C) and evidence of an aorto-esophageal fistula (D).
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Kaplan-Meier estimate of actuarial survival in all patients (n = 48) treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for penetrating aortic ulcers.

Kaplan-Meier estimate of actuarial survival in all patients (n = 48) treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for penetrating aortic ulcers.
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