[Two cases of stent graft repair for thoracic aortic dissection: usefulness of three-dimensional computed tomogram]

Kyobu Geka. 2001 Jul;54(7):573-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We carried out stent graft repair in two patients with Stanford type B thoracic aortic dissection. A 51-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of thoracic aortic dissection. Chest CT revealed an aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. The entry was pointed out 1 cm distal from the take off of the left subclavian artery in three-dimensional CT (3 D-CT). He was treated with a Gianturco stent which was anchored into the 30 mm Hemashield graft under selective cerebral perfusion. Another case was a 72-year-old male with a descending aortic aneurysm. 3 D-CT showed that the entry existed 4 cm proximal to the celiac artery. We performed transluminal implantation of the spiral Z-stent covered with the woven Dacron graft. 3 D-CT was useful for the preoperative management and the surgical treatment of thoracic aortic dissection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional* / standards
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / standards