Paraplegia as a symptom of failure after endovascular therapy of type B aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This report describes successful treatment of an unusual case of concomitant paraplegia and type 1 endoleak during the early postoperative course of endovascular therapy of type B dissection in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
- Marfan Syndrome
- Paraplegia
- Prosthesis Failure
- Stents