An endovascular stent relieves celiac and mesenteric ischemia in acute aortic dissection

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Pascal LeprinceIradj Gandjbakhch

Abstract

We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with bowel ischemia related to an acute type B dissection. The patient was successfully treated with a covered stent graft inserted at the level of the descending thoracic aorta.

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Apr 10, 2008·Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases·E FlecherP Leprince
May 31, 2015·Surgery Today·Kazumasa Orihashi
Jan 2, 2008·Vascular and Endovascular Surgery·Daniel SutphinJudson Gash
Jul 19, 2018·General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·Kazumasa Orihashi

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