[Surgical treatment of acute aortic dissection in the aged: a case report].
A 77-year-old woman with Stanford type A acute aortic dissecting aneurysm was successfully treated by the sutureless technique using arringed intraluminal graft. A month after the operation, re-dissection to the distal abdominal aorta occurred. Because of the poor condition of the patient and her great age, we chose an antihypertensive therapy instead of a reoperation. Two years after the operation this patient leads a sound life without any symptoms. In a case of acute aortic dissection of the aged, special consideration may be allowed to a surgical method and a decision-making for a reoperation.
Chikada
M
M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahi General Hospital.
Saitoh
H
H
Kotsuka
Y
Y
Murakami
R
R
Morizuki
O
O
Suzuki
M
M
Kanda
J
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents