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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:e25-e27
© 2007 Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd

CASE STUDIES

Emergency Stent-Grafting for Patients Over 85 Years of Age with Thoracic Aortic Rupture

Kiyofumi Morishita, MD, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, MD, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, MD, Hisayoshi Osawa, MD, Toshiyuki Maeda, MD, Tomio Abe, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

For reprint information contact: Kiyofumi Morishita, MD Tel: 81 11 611 2111 Fax: 81 11 613 7318 Email: kmori{at}sapmed.ac.jp, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1 West 16, Central Ward, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan.

Conventional open repairs of thoracic aortic ruptures carry a high mortality and morbidity in patients over 85 years of age. Less invasive procedures may therefore be required to treat such elderly patients. An 87-year-old woman and 92-year-old man who had undergone emergency endovascular stent-grafting for thoracic aortic ruptures survived to discharge, despite critical conditions on admission.






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