We report the case of a patient with severe diffuse peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and gastrointestinal bleeding with a pseudoaneurysm of descending thoracic aorta who underwent successful Dacron patch aortoplasty. She was not a candidate for stent-graft repair because of poor access. Using a partial occluding clamp, the pseudoaneurysm was excised and the aorta repaired with a 3.5-cm Dacron patch. She was discharged home in 7 days and has successfully undergone stenting of the left subclavian artery and right and left carotid endarterectomy.
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