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Endovascular aneurysm repair of the aortic arch lesions

??Objective:To discuss the methods of Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for artic arch aneurysm or dissection. Methods:From Sep.1998 to Feb.2006,63 cases related with the super??arch branches.Three methods were used in the lesions with left subclavain artery (LSA) invasion only,covering the LSA without reconstruction,LSA bypass before EVAR or covering LSA completely and then re??open it by endovascular technique.To the lesions with LSA and left common carotid artery (LCCA) invasion,a traditional bypass of LCCA and LSA was done before EVAR,or covering most of LCCA first,and then reconstructed it through LCCA by endovascular technique.To the lesions with three super??arch branches invasion,a bifurcated stent??graft was planted for reconstructing the artic arch. Results:LSA was treated in 54 cases,LSA and LCCA were treated in 8 cases and all of the super??arch branch arteries were treated in 1 case.All of the auxiliary techniques were enforced successfully.The primary average systolic pressure of left brachial artery was ??62.6±24.2??mmHg in cases without LSA reconstruction.The 30??days endoleak rate was 17.5%. Conclusion:Covering the LSA is safe to the patients with normal contraliteral vertebral and basilar artery.EVAR combined with supplementary techniques can expand the EVAR indications of aortic arch lesions.The long term result still keep in follow up.