Endovascular Repair of Symptomatic Right Subclavian and Innominate Artery Aneurysms Arising From a "Bovine Arch" in a Patient With a "Hostile" Chest. (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mukherjee, Dipankar; Lewis, Elizabeth; Ryan, Liam
• Is Part Of: Vascular & endovascular surgery. Volume 55:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 290
• Page End: 294
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: innominate artery -- subclavian artery -- aneurysm -- endovascular repair; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Angioplasty -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Vascular Diseases -- surgery -- Periodicals; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/1538574420967545
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1538-5744

Abstract

Symptomatic aneurysms of the innominate and subclavian arteries are rare and pose unique challenges for endovascular repair particularly in a patient with a "bovine" arch. Previous publications have described back table modifications of standard iliac endografts to conform to the innominate artery for exclusion of the lesion. Others have proposed extra-anatomic bypass or carotid-subclavian transposition with occlusion of the innominate artery. We were unable to find a report of repair when aneurysms of the innominate and subclavian arteries were in continuity. We present such a case of endovascular repair using commercially available endografts without compromise of the left common carotid artery origin as this patient had a "bovine" arch. Surgeons will benefit from adding this endovascular option to their "tool box" when confronted with such a challenging clinical scenario.