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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr 1;28(4):655-656.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy313.

Retrograde Stanford type A dissection caused by a multilayer stent graft in a patient with chronic type B dissection

Myriam Johanna Schafigh  1 , Zaki Kohistani  1 , Wolfgang Schiller  1 , Chris Probst  1
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Retrograde Stanford type A dissection caused by a multilayer stent graft in a patient with chronic type B dissection

Myriam Johanna Schafigh et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. .

Abstract

A patient with progressive chronic type B dissection and contraindication for open surgery underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair using a Cardiatis Multilayer Flow Modulator®. Two weeks after the intervention, the patient experienced a ruptured retrograde type A aortic dissection caused by the stent's uncovered proximal ends.

Keywords: Multilayer flow modulator; Retrograde type A dissection; Thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

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