Thoracic endovascular repair for complicated type B acute aortic dissection with distal malperfusion.

Abstract

Successful thoracic endovascular repair for complicated Stanford type B acute aortic dissection in two patients is herein reported. The true lumen flow was immediately restored following stent graft deployment in the descending thoracic aorta with subsequent resolution of the distal malperfusion syndrome. One patient is doing well more than 15 months after surgery and another patient who was treated more recently is also doing well 7 months postoperatively.

• Authors: Suk Jung Choo, Sung Ho Jung, Ji Eon Kim, Juyong Lim, Min Ho Ju
• Journal: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg) Vol. 44 Issue 6 Pg. 427-31 (Dec 2011) ISSN: 2093-6516 [Electronic] Korea (South)
• PMID: 22324029 (Publication Type: Case Reports)