HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Takatsugu Shimono Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Chino, S. Articles by Takeda, K. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Chino, S. Articles by Takeda, K. Related Collections Great vessels

---

Case Reports

Intimal Tear After Endovascular Repair of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection

^a Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan
^b Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan

Accepted for publication April 21, 2009.

^_* Address corresponding to Dr Chino, Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514, Japan (Email: shuspa{at}clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp).

Two patients with chronic type B aortic dissection underwent endovascular repair. The interval between the onset of aortic dissection and stent grafting was 1 year, 7 months in both patients. The entry closure was successful and postoperative course was uneventful for each patient. However, intimal injury developed at the bottom end of the stent graft 6 years after endovascular repair in 1 patient, and at 2 years in the other patient. The former patient underwent graft replacement of the descending thoracic aorta, and the latter underwent placement of additional stent grafts.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M. Czerny, S. Roedler, S. Fakhimi, G. Sodeck, M. Funovics, J. Dumfarth, J. Holfeld, M. Schoder, A. Juraszek, T. Dziodzio, et al. Midterm Results of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients With Aneurysms Involving the Descending Aorta Originating From Chronic Type B Dissections Ann. Thorac. Surg., July 1, 2010; 90(1): 90 - 94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]