title: Repair of acute descending aortic dissection complicated by visceral ischemia.
abstract: Visceral ischemia is a rare but lethal complication of type III aortic dissection. We report a Marfan patient with such a complication who had a complete resolution of profound visceral ischemia despite a delay in repair of over 48 hours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California 92354, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gundry
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply*