Staged hybrid approach for an acute-on-chronic aortic dissection with rupture in a Jehovah's Witness patient: Case report

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Nov;150(5):e63-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.080. Epub 2015 Jul 30.

Authors

Sarah T Ward¹, Minhaj S Khaja², David M Williams², Bo Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
² Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26307657
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.080

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / complications
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Rupture / etiology
Aortic Rupture / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Chronic Disease
Combined Modality Therapy
Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation
Endovascular Procedures / methods*
Hemothorax / etiology
Hemothorax / surgery
Humans
Jehovah's Witnesses*
Male
Prosthesis Design
Religion and Medicine*
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome