title: Treatment of chronic type B aortic dissection with endovascular stent-graft placement.
abstract: A 74-year-old man with chronic aortic dissection was treated with an endovascular stent graft, fabricated from expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and a Z-stent. It was placed in the true lumen to close an entry tear. Closure was obtained immediately and thrombosis of the false lumen at the descending thoracic aorta was observed on computed tomography (CT) obtained 1 week later. No procedure-related complications developed. The patient is doing well with no adverse events including aortic rupture or aortic branch ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000628:therapy*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000628:therapy*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene