Three-channeled aortic dissection.
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.
Ishikawa
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Hasegawa
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T
Fuse
K
K
Kato
M
M
Kamisawa
O
O
Morishita
Y
Y
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