Treating Aortic Dissection and Penetrating Aortic Ulcer with Stent Graft: Thirty Cases Shang Dong Xu, MD, Zhi Zhong Li, MD, Fang Jiong Huang, MD, Jin Fei Yang, MD, Xue Yong Wang, MD, Zhao Guang Zhang, MD, Jia Hui Du, MD, Yan Qing Sun, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 3, Pages 864-868 (September 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092 Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Aortography during procedure of a patient with penetrating aortic ulcer. (Left) Aortography before stent-graft implantation. (Right) Aortography after stent-graft implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 864-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Aortography during procedure of a patient with Stanford B dissection. (Left) Aortography before stent-graft implantation. (Right) Aortography after stent-graft implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 864-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Aortography during procedure of a patient with type B dissection. (Left) Aortography before stent-graft implantation. (Right) Aortography after stent-graft implantation and balloon dilation. Retrograde ascending aortic dissection formed. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 864-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomographic angiography of a patient with Stanford B dissection 6 months after stent-graft implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 864-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Computed tomographic angiography of a patient with retrograde ascending aortic dissection 10 days after stent-graft implantation. (Left) Cross-section of aortic arch. The new rupture was at the proximal end of the stent-graft. (Right) Cross-section of thoracic aorta. False lumen of the ascending aorta could be seen. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 80, 864-868DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.092) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions