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Letters to the Editor

Endoluminal stenting of thoracic aorta mycotic aneurysms

Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 8 July 2007; accepted 24 August 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Bozkurt Caddesi, No.: 110-112, Benli Apt., Daire: 6, 80250 Kurtulus/Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 535 431 67 86; fax: +90 212 534 22 32. (Email: muratugurlucan@yahoo.com).

Key Words: Thoracic aorta • Mycotic aneurysm • Endovascular stent graft

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We read with interest the paper by Kpodonu et al. in which they present their single case experience of 33-month follow up of a patient who had undergone endovascular stent graft management of a descending thoracic mycotic aneurysm [1]. We would like to congratulate the authors for their successful result in this controversial topic of vascular surgery despite their single case.

Endoluminal stent grafting is frequently applied to the aneurysms at critical segments of the aorta, such as thoracic and arch levels . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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