Favorable aortic remodeling after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for complicated acute type B aortic dissection
An 84-year-old woman with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia was transferred to our institution with 1 day of acute-onset severe back and left lower extremity pain with associated nausea, vomiting, and reported oliguria. Given her progressively worsening pain, she presented to an outside hospital, where a computed tomography angiography scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis was performed, revealin g an acute type B aortic dissection with apparent malperfusion to the left kidney and left lower extremity (left).
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Hunter M. Ray, Bruce L. Tjaden Tags: Vascular images Source Type: research
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