We report the rare case of a 68-year-old man with a bilateral deep femoral artery aneurysm. Right-sided rupture was treated via plug embolization of the right deep femoral artery and ligation. In the following year, Viabahn® stent grafts were placed in the left superficial femoral artery to relieve occlusion and in the left deep femoral artery to treat the left aneurysm. The postoperative course of the patient was uneventful.
Recently, several centers have performed total arch replacement using the fenestrated frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type‐A aortic dissection. However, the long‐term results and need for additional treatment following this procedure are unclear. We report a case of a 54‐year‐old man who underwent endovascular therapy for endoleaks after total arch replacement using the fenestrated frozen elephant trunk technique for acute type‐A aortic dissection with an isolated left vertebral artery. After the surgery, the endoleak was resolved, and the patient was asymptomatic with no neurological deficits. This strategy might be effective in similar cases.
Recently, it has been reported that a fenestrated stent graft is an effective option in the treatment of pararenal artery abdominal aortic aneurysm. We report the case of a 72-yearold male patient with multiple aortic aneurysms in the distal arch, thoracoabdominal aorta, right common iliac artery, as well as a pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient was found to have a mass with a tendency of rapid expansion within a month from its discovery. Because it was a saccular aneurysm with a tendency of rapid expansion and wide spread, the risk of rupture was judged to be high, and surgical treatment became necessary. One-stage treatment was desirable; therefore, endovascular treatment with a fenestrated stent graft was selected. Four fenestrations were made to a stent graft for the celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery, and bilateral renal arteries. The postoperative computed tomography (CT) showed no branch occlusion or endoleak, and the 2-year postoperative CT showed the shrinkage and subsequent disappearance of the aortic aneurysm at the treatment site. For extensive aortic aneurysm, including pararenal artery abdominal aortic aneurysms, one-stage treatment with fenestrated stent graft was considered to be effective as a treatment strategy. (This is a
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare disease characterized by the partial elevation of the aortic root. Few reports are available on the surgical treatment for infants. We report the repair of an extremely rare case of a sinus of Valsalva defect with a ventricular septal defect and right ventricular outflow tract stenosis in an infant. It was not a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, but it exhibited abnormal partial bulging of the aortic root and forming an aneurysm‐like cavity within the right ventricular myocardium. We performed direct closure of the sinus of Valsalva aneurysm‐like cavities and intracardiac repair in two stages. Three years after total repair, the patient remained healthy and asymptomatic.
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