Postoperative evaluation of composite aortic grafts: comparison of angiography and CT

Postoperative angiography and computerised tomography were performed in 10 patients 8 to 57 months after surgical repair (nine composite, one distal graft) of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta (six dissecting, four true aneurysms). Angiography and angio-CT showed chronic dissection of the distal aorta...

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Published inBritish journal of radiology Vol. 56; no. 671; p. 797
Main Authors Probst, P, Baur, H R, Leupi, F, Schüpbach, P, Althaus, U
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.11.1983
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm - surgery
Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery
Aortography
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Coronary Angiography
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging
Prospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Postoperative angiography and computerised tomography were performed in 10 patients 8 to 57 months after surgical repair (nine composite, one distal graft) of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta (six dissecting, four true aneurysms). Angiography and angio-CT showed chronic dissection of the distal aorta in five of six patients with dissecting aneurysms and detected a pseudoaneurysm originating from the distal suture line in another patient. CT may serve as an initial procedure for postoperative examinations after surgery of aortic aneurysms to demonstrate the state of the false lumen and the formation of pseudoaneurysms. The coronary arteries and aortic valve function have to be evaluated by angiography.
ISSN:0007-1285
1748-880X
DOI:10.1259/0007-1285-56-671-797