title: An endovascular stent relieves celiac and mesenteric ischemia in acute aortic dissection.
abstract: We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with bowel ischemia related to an acute type B dissection. The patient was successfully treated with a covered stent graft inserted at the level of the descending thoracic aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. pascal.leprince@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cluzel
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Izzillo
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavie
authors.forename: Iradj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gandjbakhch
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology