Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 990-992 , April 2010

Successful repair of a ruptured Stanford type B aortic dissection during pregnancy

Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, Jan 14-17, 2009.

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 October 2009.

  • Image Result

    Acute type B dissection is shown with the fetus in utero.

    Acute type B dissection is shown with the fetus in utero.

  • Image Result

    Computed tomography angiogram shows acute enlargement without rupture of the proximal descending thoracic aorta.

    Computed tomography angiogram shows acute enlargement without rupture of the proximal descending thoracic aorta.

  • Image Result

    A, Angiography shows dissection result of right common iliac artery occlusion. B, Intravascular ultrasound imaging shows the true and false lumen of the iliac artery dissection.

    A, Angiography shows dissection result of right common iliac artery occlusion. B, Intravascular ultrasound imaging shows the true and false lumen of the iliac artery dissection.

  • Image Result

    A three-dimensional rendering of the follow-up computed tomography angiogram reveals the stable repair.

    A three-dimensional rendering of the follow-up computed tomography angiogram reveals the stable repair.

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02269-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.121

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 990-992 , April 2010

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