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Computerized tomography scan showing a type B dissection of the descending thoracic aorta with true and false lumens (arrow).
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B dissection of the thoracic aorta extending down to the abdominal aorta with an exit point of dissection in the right external iliac artery (EIA). Blood flow was seen in both the true and false lumens (Figure 1) with the right kidney being perfused by the false lumen.
Arch angiogram showing the proximal entry tear into the false lumen (arrow).
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An arch angiogram showed the proximal entry tear into the false lumen (Figure 2).
Successful deployment of a thoracic stent in the aortic arch and proximal descending thoracic aorta, sealing off the entry tear.
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Tag , WL Gore and Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona, USA) was successfully deployed in the descending thoracic aorta to seal off the entry tear, without covering the ostium of the left subclavian artery (Figure 3). The stent-graft was oversized by 15% for the thoracic aortic diameter.