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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:1404-1405
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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We appreciate Dr Ugurlucan's comments on the issue of mycotic aortic aneurysms treated by endovascular approach. We believe that the endovascular stent graft is superior in some ways to open surgical repair for the treatment of mycotic aortic aneurysms, especially in the emergency setting for debilitated patients with critical aortic segment involvement. In a recent published literature review by Kan and colleagues,¹ the endovascular treatment strategy was noted to have 30-day and 2-year survivals of . . . [Full Text of this Article]