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Maldeployment of the TAG thoracic endograft

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1 Maldeployment of the TAG thoracic endograft
W. Anthony Lee, MD, Tomas D. Martin, MD, Philip J. Hess, MD, Thomas M. Beaver, MD, Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages (November 2007) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 The Sim-Pull string that is used to deploy the TAG device. A single strand is used to stitch the seam and exits out of the distal end of the delivery catheter. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 A, Initial aortogram showing the aneurysm and the extra-anatomic revascularization of the arch vessels. B, The 31 × 100 mm TAG device being delivered to the proximal arch. C, The proximal end of the TAG device remains undeployed. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 A, Undeployed TAG device in the proximal descending thoracic aorta. B, The proximal end of the device remains constrained. C, A 12-mm balloon is used to break the loop and fully deploy the device. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 The second device also failed to deploy completely within the first device, which also did not deploy. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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