Aortic Dissection Occurring 18 Months after Successful Endovascular Repair in an Anatomically Difficult Case of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Aortic Dissection Occurring 18 Months after Successful Endovascular Repair in an Anatomically Difficult Case of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

We report an autopsy case of aneurysm dissection that occurred 18 months after the implantation of a Zenith stent graft. A 94-year-old woman, who had undergone an endovascular repair with postoperative reintervention, died of shock due to retroperitoneal hematoma. An autopsy indicated that the stent...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Hoshina, Yutaka Takazawa, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Kunihiro Shigematsu, Tetsuro Miyata, Toshiaki Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/412708

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