title: Four-channeled aortic dissection and rupture.
abstract: A four-channeled aortic dissection is quite rare, which is a highly life-threatening situation predisposing to aortic rupture. We report a successful management of a four-channeled aortic dissection and an aortic rupture in a 59-year-old woman with Marfan's syndrome 11 years after an initial Bentall procedure for DeBakey type I dissection. The total arch and the descending thoracic aorta were replaced under deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan. YAGYU-THO@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagyu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed