Use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and epiaortic ultrasound to diagnose false lumen enlargement of chronic aortic dissection

In communicating aortic dissection, if only the entry or reentry is closed, residual blood flow may cause enlargement of the false lumen. In this case, surgeons were unable to occlude the entry with a stent graft due to the strong flexion of the bilateral common iliac arteries, so they closed only t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Main Authors:	Jun Honda, Takahiro Hakozaki, Takayuki Hasegawa, Shinju Obara, Satoki Inoue
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Subjects:	abdominal aortic aneurysm aortic dissection epiaortic ultrasound false lumen enlargement thoracic endovascular aortic repair transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:	http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2023;volume=26;issue=3;spage=333;epage=335;aulast=Honda