title: Intimal tear after endovascular repair of chronic type B aortic dissection.
abstract: Two patients with chronic type B aortic dissection underwent endovascular repair. The interval between the onset of aortic dissection and stent grafting was 1 year, 7 months in both patients. The entry closure was successful and postoperative course was uneventful for each patient. However, intimal injury developed at the bottom end of the stent graft 6 years after endovascular repair in 1 patient, and at 2 years in the other patient. The former patient underwent graft replacement of the descending thoracic aorta, and the latter underwent placement of additional stent grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan. shuspa@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Takatsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimono
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*