title: Three-channeled aortic dissection.
abstract: A 68-year-old woman in whom a thoracic aortic dissection (DeBakey type III) had been followed up for 6 years was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of chest pain. A graft replacement of the descending thoracic aorta was performed. A communication between the second and third channels was detected intraoperatively. Nine cases of three-channeled aortic dissection whose third dissection existed within the outer wall of the second one were previously reported, and 4 of them had a communication between the two false channels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kamisawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans