Abstract
The Matsui-Kitamura (MK) stent graft (Kitagawa, Kanazawa, Japan) is designed to fit the curvy portions of the aorta because first-generation rigid skeleton–type stent grafts potentially cause kinking and endoleak as a result of limited flexibility. The MK stent graft consists of a custom-made, self-expandable spiral mesh of a single nitinol wire and thin-walled polyester fabric. We report the first surgical case of aortic arch aneurysm treated with this flexible and curved stent graft after extra-anatomic bypass of the arch vessels to prepare a landing zone for the stent graft.
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