Thoracic endovascular repair of a rare case of leaking aortic arch intramural hematoma secondary to Giant cell arteritis

Thoracic endovascular repair of a rare case of leaking aortic arch intramural hematoma secondary to Giant cell arteritis

Abstract Background Traditionally thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) were treated with resection and open repair. However no prior studies have reported an aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) as a presentation of GCA or outcome of thoracic endovascular aortic repair...

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Main Authors: Abhijit Salaskar, Farzad Najam, Elizabeth Pocock, Shawn Sarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:CVIR Endovascular
Subjects:
Giant cell arteritis
GCA
Thoracic aortic aneurysms
Aortic aneurysms
Intramural hematoma
Aortitis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42155-019-0052-6

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