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Endovascular repair after stent elephant trunk procedure for extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Vascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
^b Division of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Vascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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Hybrid surgical-endovascular procedure was conducted in a 46-year-old male with extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm. Ascending aorta and arch replacement combined with stent elephant trunk implantation was performed first. An open stent-graft was implanted into the descending aorta. One month later, endovascular repair was conducted. Postoperative CTA showed total coverage of the descending aorta by stent-grafts and the descending aortic aneurysm was totally thrombo-excluded. Stent elephant trunk may be a better alternative to conventional elephant trunk in hybrid surgical-endovascular approaches in treatment of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Key Words: Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Elephant trunk procedure; Endovascular repair