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Chronic dissection of thoracic aorta: treatment by endoluminal stent grafting

Chronic dissection of thoracic aorta is the subject of cardiac surgery and its treatment is burdened with high mortality and morbidity. The procedure of endoluminal stent graft placement in a 53-year-old male patient with an 8 cm wide false lumen is presented. Two stent grafts of 148 and 94 mm in length, both 44 mm in diameter, were applied. The surgical procedure lasted 6 hours. Thrombosis of the false lumen was registered perioperatively. The postoperative period proceeded without serious complications.

Aorta - thoracic, surgery ; Vascular surgical procedures ; Blood vessel prosthesis, implantation ; Stents

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