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- Title
A near fatal complication following stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm.
- Authors
Hajjar, Waseem M.; Al Nassar, Sami A.; Iftikhar, Ahmed; Alaqeed, Ahmed N.
- Abstract
Tracheobronchial obstruction along with compression of pulmonary vessels is a rare complication after stenting of aortic aneurysm. We present this rare situation in a young patient who underwent stenting of traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm and developed this near fatal complication and also the conservative management plan which we adopted to manage this case.
- Subjects
THORACIC aneurysms; VASCULAR diseases
- Publication
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
1817-1737
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/1817-1737.74275