Novel approach to the treatment of distal malperfusion secondary to ascending aortic dissection

J Card Surg. 2010 Mar;25(2):220-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00991.x. Epub 2010 Feb 9.

Abstract

Acute Type A dissection is a surgical emergency. The presence of visceral and extremity malperfusion syndromes increases perioperative mortality twofold. On occasion, significant malperfusion may best be addressed in a staged fashion with preliminary attention to specific vascular beds with delayed repair of the dissection itself. We present a subacute Type A dissection associated with malperfusion of multiple vascular beds (mesenteric, renal, and iliofemoral) managed with a complication-specific approach utilizing endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair prior to ascending repair.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Echocardiography
  • Extremities / blood supply
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Ischemia / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Viscera / blood supply*