Keywords:
Arteries / Aorta, Interventional non-vascular, Trauma, Catheter arteriography, CT-High Resolution, MR, Arterial access
Authors:
M. Popovic1, G. Erman1, R. Borny1, G. Berzaczy1, D. Berzaczy1, M. Grimm1, J. Lammer1, M. Czerny2, M. Funovics1; 1Vienna/AT, 2Berne/CH
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-2625
Results
The stentgrafts were successfully deployed in all phantoms and cadavers.
In one cadaver,
the nose cone could not be advanced proximally enough to place the stentgraft in the intended landing zone.
The stentgraft was intentionally placed 15mm distally to the intended landing zone.
The total error range in placing the proximal stentgraft end was within 1mm proximal and 14mm distal to the intended landing zone on the inner curvature,
and between 2 and 8 mm distal to the intended landing zone of the outer curvature.
In the clinical application,
the stentgraft was deployed without complications and patient discharge from the hospital within 7 days.
Due to decreased visibility and the large size of the entry into the pseudoaneurysm,
residual perfusion of the pseudoaneurysm was present at the first CT follow-up.
It was excluded with a second ascending aortic stentgraft,
which was deployed without complications leading to an uneventful recovery.