title: Endovascular repair of ascending aortic dissection.
abstract: Woman, 84 years-old, with Stanford type A thoracic aortic dissection committing aortic arch and descending aorta. Proposed and accepted endovascular treatment according to the severity of the clinical picture. Common femoral artery dissection bilaterally was done. Aortography confirmed the exclusion of the false lumen and patency of the coronary ostia.
authors.affiliation: Núcleo do Hospital Universitário-Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul-UFMS, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. carlosdorsa@uol.com.br
authors.forename: José Carlos Dorsa Vieira
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pontes
authors.forename: Amaury Mont'serrat Ávila Souza
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: João Jackson
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Ricardo Adala
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Benfatti
authors.forename: Neimar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gardenal
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome