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Satoshi Nakawatase1, Takanori Shibukawa, Tetsuya Iwaguro
1Department of Cardiology, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Japan.
Abstract:
A 49-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of intermittent claudication and refractory hypertension 10 years after surgery to Stanford type A acute aortic dissection. He underwent total arch replacement with an elephant trunk of 22 mm in diameter. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed that distal end of the elephant trunk was stenosed. Systolic blood pressure gradient over this portion reached to more than 100 mmHg. Folding of elephant trunk and thrombus formation were considered to be the cause. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair relieved stenosis and intermittent claudication, and enabled better blood pressure control.
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