ABSTRACT
Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk (FET) is used for type B acute aortic dissection with insufficient proximal landing zone. Herein, we report incorrect deployment of FET into the false lumen. A 45-year-old man underwent femorofemoral bypass for complicated type B acute aortic dissection. However, chest pain recurred 4 days postoperatively, and an oozing rupture of the dissecting descending aorta was diagnosed. As preoperative computed tomography showed insufficient proximal landing zone and separate chronic aortic dissection of the proximal arch, total arch replacement with FET was performed. Progressive lactic acidosis occurred on postoperative day 2, and computed tomography showed incorrect deployment of the FET into the false lumen, causing true lumen stenosis and intestinal ischaemia. Despite extensive enterectomy and abdominal aorta fenestration for the improvement of true lumen perfusion, the patient died of multiorgan failure on postoperative day 7. Care is required to avoid incorrect deployment of FET when there is a large entry in the proximal descending aorta.
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Aorta, Thoracic/surgery , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/surgery , Aortic Dissection/surgery , Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation/methods , Blood Vessel Prosthesis , Stents , Acute Disease , Aortic Dissection/diagnosis , Aorta, Thoracic/diagnostic imaging , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prosthesis Design , Retrospective Studies , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is an infrequent aortic dissection complication, and its optimal treatment remains controversial. A 55-year-old woman developed DIC associated with Stanford type B aortic dissection, which improved by administration of low-molecular-weight heparin combined with tranexamic acid, but the dissecting aneurysm of the descending aorta was dilated. After thoracic endovascular aortic repair for occlusion of entry tears detected by transesophageal echocardiography, DIC improved without anticoagulant therapy. Three months after treatment, the patient is doing well without complications. Endovascular repair is effective for DIC due to aortic dissection that requires anticoagulant therapy.
