Repair of acute descending aortic dissection complicated by visceral ischemia.
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.
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Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center, California 92354, USA.
Wong
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Rivera
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Bansal
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Gundry
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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*