Successful endovascular treatment of aortic arch aneurysm in a pediatric patient
Isabel C. Sánchez-Escobar,
Silvia J. Galvis-Blanco,
Luis H. Díaz-Medina
et al.
Abstract:Background: Ascending aortic aneurysms are rare pathologies in childhood, especially in the absence of previous diseases such as Marfan Syndrome. Objective: Present the possibility of successful endovascular management of large vessel aneurysms, using stents and microcatheters with embolization of the aneurysm sac. Method: We present the case of a previously healthy ten-year-old patient, in whom a pseudoaneurysm was documented between the origin of the left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery, suc… Show more
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