Spontaneous acute stanford type B thoracic aortic dissection treated successfully with endovascular stent graft

J Assoc Physicians India. 2011 Mar:59:173-5.

Abstract

Aortic dissection is a rare entity with an incidence estimated to be 5-30 cases per million people per year. It is more common in patients with hypertension, connective tissue disorders, congenital aortic stenosis or bicuspid aortic valve, and in those with first-degree relatives with history of thoracic dissections. Spontaneous dissections are rare. We describe one such case who was treated successfully with a endovascular stent graft without any local or systemic complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome