Korean J Anesthesiol.  2005 Jul;49(1):106-110. 10.4097/kjae.2005.49.1.106.

Anesthetic Management of Endovascular Stent Graft Placement for Thoracic Aortic Diseases: A case report

• Lim KJ
• Kwan TD
• Jeon YS
• Kim CS

• KMID: 1936950
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2005.49.1.106

Abstract

Endovascular aortic repair is a new alternative to conventional surgical repair of aortic pathology. It is a less invasive technique and gives less hemodynamic stress to the patients who may have concomitant systemic diseases, compared with open aortic reconstruction. We report 2 cases of patients with thoracic aortic diseases, who underwent endovascular stent graft placement under general anesthesia. We also include a review of the literature about anesthetic management of endovascular aortic repair and present our opinions about the need to choose a suitable anesthetic technique for each patient, the method to recognize and handle the possible complications and hemodynamic changes to which we have to pay attention during procedures.

Keyword

anesthetic management; endovascular aortic repair; endovascular stent graft

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, General
Aortic Diseases*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Pathology
Stents*