Use of Aortic Cuffs to Treat Thoracic Aortic Emergencies.

The article focuses on the growing interest in and experience with use of stent grafts to repair a variety of thoracic aortic pathology. The applications of stent grafts are cited. The potential benefits of using stent grafts for repair of various lesions are discussed. The use of aortic cuff endografts in patients treated with aortic cuffs to manage a variety of relatively local thoracic aortic emergencies is described.