title: Spontaneous acute stanford type B thoracic aortic dissection treated successfully with endovascular stent graft.
abstract: Aortic dissection is a rare entity with an incidence estimated to be 5-30 cases per million people per year. It is more common in patients with hypertension, connective tissue disorders, congenital aortic stenosis or bicuspid aortic valve, and in those with first-degree relatives with history of thoracic dissections. Spontaneous dissections are rare. We describe one such case who was treated successfully with a endovascular stent graft without any local or systemic complication.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology and Catheterization Lab., Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Mahatashtra.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Goya
authors.forename: Deepak Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawar
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kalmath
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Shalima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gautam
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome