Side-branched modular endograft system for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Purpose: To describe a side-branched modular endograft system that provides adequate visceral artery perfusion with perfect seal during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair.

Case Report: A 76-year-old man with a 57-mm TAAA involving the celiac artery was treated with a customized Talent endograft consisting of a 46-mm x 18-cm stented main body and a 6-mm x 30-mm nonstented Dacron side branch. The graft was delivered through a surgical exposure of the left common femoral artery.

[The vascular surgical patient: problems in the management of coronary and cerebrovascular risk].

Peripheral vascular surgery: Myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accidents. Vascular surgery carries a high perioperative mortality and the postoperative survival of these patients is rather compromised. Myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accidents are the leading causes in at least 50% of the deaths.