Urgent endovascular aortic dissection repair in a Marfan patient during COVID-19 pandemic.
Xun YuanMireya Castro VerdesMassimo CapocciaUlrich RosendahlChristoph A NienaberPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Although Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair is usually applied to patients without connective tissue disorders, our case shows its potential for complicated type B aortic dissection in a Marfan patient as a feasible alternative to open redo surgery with good short-term outcomes.
Keyphrases
- aortic dissection
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- coronary artery bypass
- heart failure
- spinal cord injury
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- patient reported
- percutaneous coronary intervention