Acute spontaneous infrarenal aortic dissection.
An acute spontaneous rupture of an aortic dissection originating in and limited to the infrarenal aorta associated with an infrarenal aortic aneurysm is reported. The diagnosis was made by ultrasonography and computed tomography and was confirmed intraoperatively followed by a successful graft insertion.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. slotfi@gwdg.de
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D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler