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Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm.

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Andersen, ND; Dubose, J; Shah, A; Lee, T; Wechsler, SB; Hughes, GC
Published in: J Vasc Surg
February 2010

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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J Vasc Surg

DOI

EISSN

1097-6809

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

51

Issue

2

Start / End Page

468 / 470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
  • Mutation
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Aortography
 

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Andersen, N. D., Dubose, J., Shah, A., Lee, T., Wechsler, S. B., & Hughes, G. C. (2010). Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg, 51(2), 468–470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.058
Andersen, Nicholas D., John Dubose, Ankoor Shah, Teng Lee, Stephanie B. Wechsler, and G Chad Hughes. “Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm.J Vasc Surg 51, no. 2 (February 2010): 468–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.058.
Andersen ND, Dubose J, Shah A, Lee T, Wechsler SB, Hughes GC. Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Feb;51(2):468–70.
Andersen, Nicholas D., et al. “Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm.J Vasc Surg, vol. 51, no. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 468–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.058.
Andersen ND, Dubose J, Shah A, Lee T, Wechsler SB, Hughes GC. Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Feb;51(2):468–470.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Vasc Surg

DOI

EISSN

1097-6809

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

51

Issue

2

Start / End Page

468 / 470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
  • Mutation
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Aortography