Repair of acute descending aortic dissection complicated by visceral ischemia

Nan Wang, David T. Wong, Jorge L. Rivera, Ramesh C. Bansal, Steven R. Gundry

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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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1067-1068
    Number of pages2
    JournalAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
    Volume68
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 1999

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Surgery
    • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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