title: Endovascular stent-graft repair for spontaneous dissection of infra-renal abdominal aorta.
abstract: Abdominal aortic dissection (AAD) is a rare pathology and potentially causes rupture or other serious complications. This case report details our experience in endovascular aneurysm repair for AAD in a patient who had a history of coronary bypass surgery. Circumferential dissection of terminal aorta showed stenosis of true lumen as well as blood flow present in the pseudolumen. Using Zenith AAA endovascular device, the entry site was closed and the pseudolumen was thrombosed successfully. In the present report, published data on AAD were reviewed and endovascular aneurysm repair as a treatment option has been discussed as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagara Medical Center, Nagara, Gifu-shi Gifu, Japan. handa-kcgh@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishina
authors.forename: Ituki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Yoichirou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome