On postoperative day 4, the patient was mobilized and ... Angio-MRI scan shows a type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm, just above the proximal anastomosis of previous infrarenal aortic substitution.
The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, intestines and kidneys. An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta ...
She used a recently FDA-approved device called GORE® EXCLUDER® Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE). The TAMBE device allowed her to treat the aneurysm in a less-invasive way.
Anesthesiologic procedures cannot prevent the cardiac stress involved in thoracoabdominal aorta ... is nowadays regarded with favor for this type of aneurysm because it is less invasive and ...