title: Successful management of a combined ruptured Stanford type B aortic dissection and malperfusion syndrome with an endoluminal graft.
abstract: Thoracic endografting has been recently approved in the USA for the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms. The application of endoluminal graft therapy to treat acute type B dissection has been shown to be effective but is still not considered standard of care. We describe the use of an endoluminal graft to treat a patient with an acute type B dissection associated with malperfusion and thoracic aortic rupture.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Cardiac Surgery, North Western Memorial Hospital, 201 East Huron Street, Galter 11-140, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. jkpodonu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kpodonu
authors.forename: Venkatesh G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ramaiah
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015607:Stents; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional