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- Title
Current Treatment Strategies for Acute Type B Aortic Dissection.
- Authors
Mousa, Albeir Y.; Abu-Halimah, Shadi; Gill, Gurpreet; Yacoub, Michael; Stone, Patrick; Hass, Stephen; Campbell, John E.; AbuRahma, Ali F.
- Abstract
Acute type B aortic dissection (ATBAD) is a medical emergency that is a common occurrence in patients with atherosclerotic disease. The presentation is usually severe, with tearing pain that radiates to the back, and various levels of end-organ ischemia and malperfusion, even rupture, may occur. Everyone agrees that prompt and aggressive blood pressure control with β-blockers and nitroprusside is imperative, but when to surgically intervene is still not well characterized. However, the advent of minimally invasive stent graft placement has reshaped our thoughts regarding therapeutic intervention for ATBAD. This review is an attempt to define the current surgical indications for treating ATBAD.
- Subjects
ADRENERGIC beta blockers; CORONARY heart disease complications; SODIUM nitroferricyanide; AORTIC diseases; AORTIC dissection; CARDIAC surgery; HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL stents; THORACIC arteries; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2015, Vol 49, Issue 1/2, p30
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574414564580