AAN 1. Early and Midterm Outcomes of a Custom-Made Occluding Device Based on the Najuta Endograft in Chronic Aortic Dissection

Persistent flow through a false lumen in chronic aortic dissection leads to extensive dilation of the lumen with aging. To prevent aneurysm rupture, step-by-step graft replacement of the dilated aortic aneurysm segment is the most reliable procedure. However, multistage invasive surgery is limited to younger patients. A less invasive method of closing proximal entry tears using transcatheter stent graft implantation has recently been attempted. However, this procedure does not shrink dilated false lumens to expected levels.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - October 22, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Takashi Azuma, Yoshihiko Yokoi Source Type: research