Early experience with the Gore TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis for treatment of acute aortic pathology

Kathryn DiLosa, MD, MPH; Cara Pozolo, MD; Thomas Heafner, MD; Misty Humphries, MD, MAS; Mimmie Kwong, MD, MAS; Steven Maximus, MD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Feb 2024)

Early experience with the Gore TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis for treatment of acute aortic pathology

Kathryn DiLosa, MD, MPH,
Cara Pozolo, MD,
Thomas Heafner, MD,
Misty Humphries, MD, MAS,
Mimmie Kwong, MD, MAS,
Steven Maximus, MD

Affiliations

Kathryn DiLosa, MD, MPH: Correspondence: Kathryn DiLosa, MD, MPH, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, 2335 Stockton Blvd, NAOB 5001, Sacramento, CA 95817; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Cara Pozolo, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Thomas Heafner, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Misty Humphries, MD, MAS: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Mimmie Kwong, MD, MAS: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
Steven Maximus, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
p. 101363

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The Gore TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis (TBE) is the first Food and Drug Administration–approved device for zone 2 thoracic endovascular aortic repair, allowing for graft placement proximal to the left subclavian artery origin and maintaining vessel patency through a side branch. We describe our experience with the Gore TBE device in 20 patients for acute indications, including blunt thoracic aortic injuries, complicated dissections, and ruptured aneurysms. Technical success, with exclusion of pathology and left subclavian patency, was 100% without major complications within 30 days. Our early Gore TBE device experience demonstrates safe use in acute aortic pathology without an increased risk of complications.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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