Descending thoracic aorta remodeling after multilayer stent release

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Antonio BozzaniAngelo Argenteri

Abstract

The multilayer flow modulator (MFM) is a device whose real effectiveness in the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms is not clear yet. A 68-year-old man with a 18-mm blister-like aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta underwent endovascular exclusion, complicated by the thrombosis of a previous aortobi-iliac prosthesis, treated with embolectomy and femorofemoral bypass. Therefore, an MFM placement was planned. The postoperative course was uneventful and the 6-month computed tomography scan showed a complete thrombosis and remodeling of the aneurysm. The MFM stent could be an alternative treatment for saccular thoracic aortic aneurysm in high-risk patients but should not be used indiscriminately when other modalities of aortic repair are not feasible. Longer follow-up is mandatory to prove the efficacy of this technology.

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Oct 6, 2009·European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery·H EggebrechtR Erbel
Feb 8, 2014·Journal of Endovascular Therapy : an Official Journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists·Claude D VaislicUNKNOWN STRATO Investigators Group

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Sep 2, 2020·Vascular and Endovascular Surgery·Monica RotaFranco Ragni
Sep 24, 2019·Journal of Endovascular Therapy : an Official Journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists·Antonio BozzaniFranco Ragni
Jan 28, 2021·Annals of Vascular Surgery·Monica RotaAntonio Bozzani

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