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Complications after endovascular repair of type B aortic dissection.

Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany.
Journal of Endovascular Therapy (impact factor: 2.86). 01/2003; 9(6):822-8. DOI:10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0822:CAEROT>2.0.CO;2 pp.822-8
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ABSTRACT To outline the complications encountered after endoluminal treatment in patients with type B aortic dissection.
Between 1999 and 2001, 14 patients (12 men; mean age 60.3 years, range 39-79) with isolated type B aortic dissection (13 chronic, 1 acute) underwent aortic stent-grafting. Three patients with chronic dissection presented an acute clinical picture and were managed emergently. The left subclavian artery was intentionally covered by the prosthesis in 9 patients. Follow-up studies were performed at 6-month intervals.
Stent-graft implantation was technically successful in all patients, but incomplete sealing (endoleak) of the entry site required additional proximal stent-graft implantation in 4. The left subclavian artery remained patent in 5 patients. Secondary conversion was required in 3 patients: 2 for acute type A dissection resulting from injury to the aortic arch by Talent endografts and a sustained hemorrhage (left hemothorax). In another patient, a secondary intramural hematoma subsided spontaneously. Anterior spinal artery syndrome in 1 patient persisted at 1 month. No bypass was necessary for the 9 patients with the covered left subclavian arteries. Mean follow-up was 14 months (range 1-23).
Stent-grafting is feasible in patients with type B aortic dissection, although it is associated with a considerable rate of complications. Frank reporting of these sequelae for a variety of stent-grafts is of paramount importance to clarifying the limitations of the method.

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6-month intervals
 
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acute type
 
Anterior spinal artery syndrome
 
endoluminal treatment
 
Follow-up studies
 
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secondary intramural hematoma
 
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Talent endografts
 
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Reinhard S Pamler