• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Jul 2004

    Case Reports

    Endovascular stent-graft for thoracic aorta aneurysm caused by Salmonella.

    • Nikos Kotzampassakis, Pierre Delanaye, François Masy, and Etienne Creemers.
    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Pr. R. Limet. University of Liege, CHU Sart Tilman-B35, 4000 Liège, Belgium. nikotzam@tiscalinet.be
    • Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Jul 1;26(1):225-7.

    AbstractWe describe the placement of an endovascular stent-graft in a patient with mycotic aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta caused by Salmonella. Endovascular grafting combined with antibiotic therapy in thoracic mycotic aneurysms might represent an alternative to conventional surgery in patients with high operative risk.

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