The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Volume 70 Number 6 November 2003	back to contents

Revascularization of Aortic Arch Branches and Visceral Arteries Using Minimally Invasive Endovascular Techniques	401-409
Shyamkumar N. Keshava, M.D.¹, and Abigail Falk, M.D.²

¹Senior Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, and ²Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Address all correspondence to Shyamkumar N. Keshava, M.D., Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore India.

ABSTRACT

Minimally invasive techniques as the first line of management in vascular reconstruction are beginning to replace older surgical techniques. General and specific approaches in the endovascular reconstruction of branches off the aortic arch (innominate and subclavian arteries) and the visceral branches off the abdominal aorta (renal and mesenteric arteries) are described. The branches of the aortic arch and the visceral arteries are discussed together because of the similarity in the interventional techniques used for revascularization. Patient selection, endoluminal techniques, complications, and patient management will also be discussed.

KEY WORDS

Endovascular techniques, aortic arch vessels, visceral arteries, renal arteries, mesenteric arteries, minimally invasive techniques.

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