[Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Re-entry of Distal Anastomosis Following Ascending Replacement for Acute Aortic Dissection:Report of a Case]

Kyobu Geka. 2024 Dec;77(13):1111-1115.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 61-year-old female underwent ascending aortic replacement (resecting the primary entry in the ascending aorta) for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection 1 year and 8 months before. Her postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on 17 days later. Follow-up recent computed tomography (CT) scans, however, revealed dissecting aortic aneurysm of the distal aortic arch due to a new entry at the distal anastomosis of the ascending replacement. Thoracic endovascular aor-tic repair( placing a short stent graft, 52-mm Valiant Navion, into the ascending aorta) was successfully performed to occlude the new entry. Post-procedural CT scans indicated retrograde flow into the false lumen of the aortic arch via a re-entry of the left subclavian artery, and endovascular repair to exclude the re-entry is now planned.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / surgery
  • Aortic Dissection* / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection* / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
  • Endovascular Procedures* / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed