An endovascular stent relieves celiac and mesenteric ischemia in acute aortic dissection.
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.
Leprince
Pascal
P
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. pascal.leprince@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Cluzel
Philippe
P
Bonnet
Nicolas
N
Izzillo
Romuald
R
Pavie
Alain
A
Gandjbakhch
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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