Aortic dissection following transluminal angioplasty of the thoracic aorta in nonspecific aortoarteritis.
We performed transluminal angioplasty for an eccentric, calcific stenosis of the thoracic aorta in a patient with nonspecific aortoarteritis and encountered an iatrogenic aortic dissection. Follow-up by intravenous digital subtraction angiography at 12 hours and at one week showed no change in the picture. He is asymptomatic at 6 months except for residual hypertension. Eccentric, localized thoracic stenosis may constitute an unfavourable angiographic morphology for angioplasty.
Sharma
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Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Gupta
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D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*