Conventional repair and operative stent-grafting for acute and chronic aortic dissection

Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 May;73(5):1621-3. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03364-1.

Abstract

Conventional graft replacement of the ascending aorta and surgically endovascular stent-grafting of the proximal descending aorta were performed concomitantly in a 82-year-old woman with an acute DeBakey type II aortic dissection and a chronic DeBakey type IIIb aortic dissection. Postoperative computed tomography and angiography showed the adequately replaced ascending-aortic prosthesis, the well-expanded stent-graft, and the thrombosed false lumen in the descending aorta.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Aortography
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed