title: Radiological evaluation of the ascending aorta following repair of type A dissection.
abstract: A patient with persistent chronic dissection proximal to an aortic interposition graft for repair of a type A dissection prompted us to review the computed tomographic (CT) findings in 14 other such patients 5-47 months after surgery. No other case of proximal aortic dissection was identified although dilatation of the aortic root proximal to the graft was present in 8 patients (57%). Persistent dissection distal to the graft in 11 patients (79%) was in keeping with that reported by other workers. Chronic dissection proximal to the surgical repair of a dissection seems a rare although important complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology (219), Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slavotinek
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Flower
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Large
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates