Percutaneous Endovascular Stenting of an Acute Complicated Iatrogenic Type B Aortic Dissection in an Infant

Farida Karim; Juan Carlos Samayoa; Celina Spencer; Shanti Narasimhan; Gurumurthy Hiremath

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102494

Percutaneous Endovascular Stenting of an Acute Complicated Iatrogenic Type B Aortic Dissection in an Infant

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Sep 4;29(17):102494. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102494.

Authors

Farida Karim^{1

2}, Juan Carlos Samayoa^{1

2}, Celina Spencer², Shanti Narasimhan^{1

2}, Gurumurthy Hiremath^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Abstract

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair has emerged as a viable alternative for managing Sanford type B aortic dissection in adults. We report the first case of managing an acute and evolving communicating type B aortic dissection in an infant with endovascular aortic stenting.

Keywords: TEVAR; aortic dissection type B; endovascular stenting; pediatrics.

Publication types

Case Reports