Endovascular repair of growing chronic type B aortic dissection with a vascular plug.
We report the successful endovascular repair of a growing chronic type B aortic dissection using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II. A 44-year-old man, with previous medical history of aortic surgery and stenting complained of vague back pain. An approximately 5-mm entry remained in the stented segment of the aorta on computed tomography (CT). Endovascular closure of the entry with a Vascular Plug was uneventful. A 3-month follow-up CT showed no leak, complete false lumen thrombosis in the thoracic segment, shrinkage of the false lumen, and a reduced diameter of thoracic aorta.
Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea.
Suk Keu
SK
Yeom
Seung Hwa
SH
Lee
Hwan Hoon
HH
Chung
Jae Seung
JS
Shin
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome