Considerations for patients undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Endovascular aneurysm repair has taken over open surgery as the primary strategy for treatment of patients with abdominal and thoracic aneurysms. The minimally invasive nature of these techniques requires alterations in preoperative workup, intraoperative management, and familiarity with unique comp...

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Published inAnesthesiology clinics Vol. 32; no. 3; p. 723
Main Authors Ullery, Brant W, Lee, Jason T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2014
Subjects
Anesthesia - adverse effects
Anesthesia - methods
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery
Endovascular Procedures - methods
Humans
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Fenestrated stent-grafts
Endovascular aneurysm repair
Thoracic stent-grafts
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Summary:Endovascular aneurysm repair has taken over open surgery as the primary strategy for treatment of patients with abdominal and thoracic aneurysms. The minimally invasive nature of these techniques requires alterations in preoperative workup, intraoperative management, and familiarity with unique complications that can occur. Familiarity from the anesthetic standpoint of endovascular techniques, including treatment of patients with fenestrated, chimney, snorkel, and periscope grafts, is necessary for the contemporary cardiac anesthesiologist.
ISSN:1932-2275
DOI:10.1016/j.anclin.2014.05.003