Emergency rescue stent grafting for a ruptured degenerated graft that bypassed coarctation of the aorta: a case report

Abstract

A 33-year-old man who had undergone bypass from the distal aortic arch to the proximal descending thoracic aorta with a Dacron graft to treat coarctation of the aorta 20 years prior presented to the emergency department with massive hemoptysis. He was diagnosed with a graft-to-bronchial fistula. After thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair through the coarctation, aortic replacement was performed 3 weeks later. Therefore, emergency-rescue thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair can be considered for preventing aortic rupture.

Keywords

• case reports
• coarctation of aorta
• dacron
• endovascular procedures
• ruptured aortic aneurysm