Acute postoperative obstruction of the ascending aorta following replacement with an intraluminal graft.
A fourth case of displacement of one ring of an intraluminal graft is reported. This occurred in a woman who was operated on for acute dissection of the aorta. The displacement happened 8 h after surgery and produced acute obstruction of the ascending aorta. Restoration of the proximal ring of the graft into its correct position was successful.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation