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A near fatal complication following stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm
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A near fatal complication following stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Waseem M. Hajjar, Sami A. Al Nassar, Ahmed Iftikhar and Ahmed N. Alaqeed
Annals of thoracic medicine, Vol.6(1), pp.38-40
01/01/2011
PMCID: PMC3023870
PMID: 21264170

Abstract

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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.
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