Entry closure and aortic tailoring for chronic type B aortic dissection.
Although graft replacement for chronic type B dissection is the standard operation, this operation is invasive to some extent, and the mortality and morbidity remain high. We describe a simple and less invasive technique using initial entry closure and aortic tailoring of the dissected lumen.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Rosai Hospital, 1-10-6 Komei, Minato-ku, Nagoya, 455-8530, Japan. k-matsuy@f3.dion.ne.jp
Katsuhiko
K
Matsuyama
Yuji
Y
Narita
Akihiko
A
Usui
Toshiaki
T
Akita
Hideki
H
Oshima
Yuichi
Y
Ueda
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome