title: Endovascular therapy for stanford type B aortic dissection in 102 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To share our experience of 102 cases of endovascular therapy for Stanford type B aortic dissection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multiple imaging diagnostic modalities were used preoperatively to obtain the anatomical parameters of the aortic dissection. Stent grafts were implanted using digital subtraction angiography and intravascular ultrasound guidance. Follow-up computed tomography angiography 1 week and 1 year postoperatively was used to evaluate treatment efficacy and reveal complications such as endoleak, migration and fracture of the stent graft.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical success was achieved in 101 cases (99.0%); one patient (1.0%) died within the perioperative period. Neither postoperative paraplegia nor conversion occurred. Endoleak occurred in 18 cases (17.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular therapy for Stanford type B aortic dissection is less invasive and leads to less severe complications and shorter hospital stay compared with traditional surgery. The short- and mid-term efficacy are persuasive, but further follow-up is required to determine long-term efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yu-Qi
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Da-Qiao
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun-Hao
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhen-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional