title: Coil embolization of persistent false lumen after stent graft repair of type B aortic dissection.
abstract: Patent false lumen after endovascular stent graft treatment of type B aortic dissection is a predictor for late death and retreatment. Between June 2008 and March 2010, five men with patent false lumen, due to a type B dissection previously treated with thoracic stent graft, underwent endovascular coiling treatment. Within a 30-day period, there were no deaths or major complications. The follow-up duration ranged from 1 to 22 months (mean 10.6 ± 8.5). Endovascular coiling of patent false lumen after endovascular stent graft treatment for type B aortic dissection avoided the risk of rupture or death due to secondary aneurysm formation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Valladolid University Hospital, Valladolid, Spain. sannorberto@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Enrique María San
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Norberto
authors.forename: Vicente Manuel
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vaquero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome