Visceral malperfusion after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B aortic dissection in a post-abdominal aortic grafting patient.

ABSTRACT: A 69-year-old woman with a history of graft replacement for abdominal aortic aneurysm developed a complicated type B aortic dissection that resulted in renal malperfusion after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The primary entry tear was formed at the aortic arch and the false lumen (FL) continued to the abdominal aorta. The distal end of the FL formed a pouch-like blind alley above the suture line of the bifurcated abdominal graft. The true lumen (TL) was compressed and caused severe limb ischemia. The right renal artery (rRA) originated from the FL. The patient had initially undergone emergent axillofemoral bypass for limb malperfusion. Three weeks later, restenosis of the TL caused visceral malperfusion, and a huge thrombus formed in the FL pouch. TEVAR expanded the TL and re

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149603 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature