An innovative exclusion technique for ductus arteriosus with a novel stent graft

• Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 60; no. 9; pp. 621 - 623
• Main Authors: Soeda, Takeshi, Yokoi, Yoshihiko, Yuri, Koichi, Saito, Yuuhei, Setozaki, Shuji, Harada, Hisao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.09.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aneurysms; Angiography, Digital Subtraction; Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Thoracic - surgery; Aortography - methods; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Calcification; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Catheters; Coronary vessels; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent - diagnostic imaging; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent - surgery; Female; How to Do It; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Prosthesis Design; Stents; Surgical Oncology; Thoracic Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Veins & arteries; Japan; Patent ductus arteriosus; Stents; Aortic arch
• ISSN: 1863-6705; 1863-6713
• DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0068-5

A 72-year-old woman who had a patent ductus arteriosus that was anatomically unsuitable for catheter coiling was treated with a pre-curved fenestrated stent graft. This graft was custom-made to configure the patient’s whole aortic arch, and was capable of accurately adjusting its fenestrations to the arch branch orifices. The advantage of this fenestrated stent graft is close sealing, especially on the lesser curvature of the arch. This device could be an excellent option to treat an otherwise normal aortic arch with such a localized lesion.