Repair of acute descending aortic dissection complicated by visceral ischemia.

Wang, N; Wong, D T; Rivera, J L; Bansal, R C; Gundry, S R · Ann Thorac Surg · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Visceral ischemia is a rare but lethal complication of type III aortic dissection. We report a Marfan patient with such a complication who had a complete resolution of profound visceral ischemia despite a delay in repair of over 48 hours.

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