Balloon expandable covered stents as primary therapy for hemodynamically stable traumatic aortic injuries in children.

Gurumurthy M Hiremath Gareth J Morgan Damien P Kenny Sarosh P BatlivalaSergio Bartakian

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)

Balloon expandable covered stent treatment of pediatric patients with TAI is a feasible alternative to open surgical repair, and preferred over endovascular grafts due to graft size limitations and the large delivery systems.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
young adults
minimally invasive
aortic valve
aortic dissection
pulmonary artery
combination therapy