Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm.
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Journal Article
A 53-year-old woman with no classic risk factors for aneurysm disease presented with the sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea. A large descending thoracic aortic aneurysm with focal type B dissection was identified and excluded by emergency thoracic endografting. Further postoperative evaluation revealed a history of epistaxis, perioral telangiectasias, hepatic hypervascularity, and a mutation in the gene expressing activin receptor-like kinase 1 (ALK1), leading to a diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Aortic aneurysms associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia are extremely rare, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of thoracic endografting in this patient population.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Andersen, ND; Dubose, J; Shah, A; Lee, T; Wechsler, SB; Hughes, GC
Published Date
- February 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 51 / 2
Start / End Page
- 468 - 470
PubMed ID
- 20141966
Pubmed Central ID
- 20141966
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1097-6809
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.058
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States