Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Background: We evaluated clinical outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (rDTAA).

Methods: Twenty-three patients with rDTAA (mean age, 76.8 ± 8.

Total arch replacement for incomplete double aortic arch associated with patent ductus arteriosus in an adult.

The patient was a 52-year-old man. A plain chest radiograph showed widening of the superior mediastinum. Three-dimensional computed tomography revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm involving an incomplete double aortic arch (Stewart's IB type 4) with a patent ductus arteriosus.