Emergent endovascular treatment for leg ischemia complicating acute aortic dissection

Emergent endovascular treatment for leg ischemia complicating acute aortic dissection

We describe a patient with acute aortic dissection involving the right iliac artery and causing right lower leg ischemia that was successfully treated by Wallstent placement. Emergent endovascular treatment may be the treatment of choice in the patient with acute leg ischemia caused by the involveme...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency radiology 1998-01, Vol.5 (1), p.61-64
Hauptverfasser: Yamaguchi, Toshio, Yamanouchi, Eigoro, Niimi, Hiroshi, Hoshikawa, Yoshikazu, Ohnishi, Takeshi, Sakuyama, Keiko
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Sprache:eng
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Aneurysms
Dissection
Ischemia
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Zusammenfassung:We describe a patient with acute aortic dissection involving the right iliac artery and causing right lower leg ischemia that was successfully treated by Wallstent placement. Emergent endovascular treatment may be the treatment of choice in the patient with acute leg ischemia caused by the involvement of the iliac artery by aortic dissection.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1070-3004
1438-1435
DOI:10.1007/BF02749127