Dissection of the infrarenal aorta treated by stent graft placement

Eur Radiol. 1998;8(2):298-300. doi: 10.1007/s003300050384.

Abstract

Aortic dissection is primarily localized in the thoracic aorta. Dissection of the abdominal aorta is exceedingly rare, especially in the absence of a blunt abdominal trauma. Two cases of a primarily infrarenal aortic dissection were diagnosed by US, CT and angiography. The patients were treated by stent graft placement. The stent grafts were introduced via a femoral arteriotomy through the introducer sheath and were placed so that they occluded entry and reentry of aortic dissection. The stent graft placement caused total obliteration of a false channel of the dissection immediately after endoprosthesis deployment. The patients were followed-up by CT and angiography at 16 and 3 months after surgery without complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / therapy*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Aortography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography