Acute Type-A aortic dissection with patent false lumen through to the abdominal aorta: effects of a conventional elephant trunk on malperfusion syndromes and narrowed true lumen

• Published in: Perfusion Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 417 - 424
• Main Authors: Imura, H, Tanoue, M, Shibata, M, Maruyama, Y, Shirakawa, M, Ochi, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2014; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Aorta, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Abdominal - surgery; Aortic Rupture - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Rupture - mortality; Aortic Rupture - surgery; Aortography; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - diagnostic imaging; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - surgery; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Syndrome; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; elephant trunk; narrowed true lumen; acute aortic dissection; malperfusion syndrome; surgery

Background: Narrowed true lumen and patent false lumen through to the terminal aorta is a high-risk condition for malperfusion syndromes (MS) in acute type-A aortic dissection. It is important to ascertain how the true and false lumens behave after surgery. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively i...