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Case Report and Review of Literature: Late Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection With Rupture after Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection with a GORE TAG Endovascular Prosthesis - PubMed

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Case Report and Review of Literature: Late Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection With Rupture after Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection with a GORE TAG Endovascular Prosthesis

Frank Manetta et al. Int J Angiol. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

Acute aortic dissection is the most common catastrophic condition of the aorta. Treatment options include open surgery and thoracic endovascular aortic reconstruction (TEVAR). We present a late Type A dissection as a complication of the management of descending aortic dissections with TEVAR and a review of the literature. TEVAR of the thoracic aorta is a viable treatment option for the management of complicated descending thoracic aortic dissections. Careful patient selection is necessary as medical therapy successfully treats the majority of uncomplicated Type B dissections. TEVAR should be reserved for patients with complicated Type B dissections or those who fail nonoperative management. Close postoperative monitoring is necessary when TEVAR is performed and should be accompanied by lifelong surveillance. A high level of suspicion is important to identify retrograde Type A dissections in these patients given its rarity and the ambiguity of its clinical presentation.

Keywords: aortic dissection; endograft placement; endograft repair; percutaneous; risk factors; stent.

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Type B aortic dissection.

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Enlargement of aortic dissection to 4.1 cm.

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Enlargement of Type B dissection to 5.4 cm.

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Distal landing zone for thoracic endovascular aortic reconstruction. Notice resolution of distal flap.

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Type A dissection arising proximal to thoracic endovascular aortic reconstruction graft.

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Dissection in the ascending aorta with hemopericardium and hemomediastinum.

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