[Treatment of acute aortic dissection type B]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2010:154:B460.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

Four patients presented with an acute type B aortic dissection. All were managed medically. However, three of the four patients needed additional invasive treatment. A 67-year-old patient was given a spinal catheter because of neurological symptoms. A 57-year-old patient underwent endovascular fenestration of the right renal artery and stenting of the iliac arteries to treat acute ischemia. In a 71-year-old patient an endograft was placed in the distal aortic arch to close a tear in the aortic wall, and two stents were placed in the right renal artery for stenosis. Currently, medical management is the preferred treatment for uncomplicated type B aortic dissection. In complicated type B aortic dissection, endovascular grafting seems to be a useful solution with a high primary success percentage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Aneurysm / drug therapy
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Aortic Dissection / drug therapy
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Antihypertensive Agents