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Thoracic endovascular aortic repair after iatrogenic aortic dissection and false lumen stent grafting
Claudia Schrimpf1, Omke E Teebken1, Mathias Wilhelmi1
1Division of Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic-, Transplantation-, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 6, 2015
Abstract:
Iatrogenic aortic dissections are a severe complication after thoracic endovascular aortic repair, and treatment guidelines do not exist. Herein, we report a patient who experienced an iatrogenic type B aortic dissection during elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair and suggest an interventional treatment option.
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