AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 8 (August)

Surgery: Cardiovascular System (Q&A) (August 2017)

August 2017 page 10 Surgery: Cardiovascular System Question: A patient presents with Type IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, and after the risks and benefits were discussed, it was determined that an endovascular repair would be performed due to the anatomy of the disease. Access was gained via the femoral artery percutaneously, and a fenestrated graft, which had four true fenestrations (none were scallops), was used. The proximal graft was landed in the distal thoracic aorta healthy tissue for a good seal. The fenestrations were lined up for the left and right renal arteries, celiac artery, and superior mesenteric artery, and...

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