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- Title
Circumferent dissection of the ascending aorta resulting in the occlusion of supra-aortic vessels repaired using the frozen elephant trunk technique - a case report.
- Authors
Kainz, Frieda-Maria; Freystaetter, Kathrin; Nagel, Felix; Wiedemann, Dominik; Podesser, Bruno K.
- Abstract
Background: Our patient presented with acute back pain and dyspnea, without neurological symptoms. The computed tomography (CT) scan showed a circumferent rupture of the ascending aortic intima which was invaginated in the arch and descending aorta. Case presentation: A 54-year-old male patient was diagnosed with a Type A aortic dissection. He was immediately transferred to our operation room (OR) from the emergency department of a peripheral hospital. He presented with a circumferential dissection of the ascending aorta originating just distal to the coronary ostia, with the invaginated intimal mass extending through the arch down the descending aorta. In mild hypothermia, the intimal mass was safely extracted and a frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure was performed. Conclusions: Despite the extensive dissection affecting the ascending aorta and aortic arch, resulting in partially occluded supra-aortic vessels by an intimal mass, the patient remained without neurological symptoms in the pre- and post-operative period and remains well one year post surgery.
- Subjects
ASCENDING aorta dissection; AORTIC dissection; DISSECTION; THORACIC aorta; AORTIC rupture; POSTOPERATIVE period; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s13019-024-02765-0