Open Access
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2024; 12(02): 044-046
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1795146
Case Report

Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia after a Type A Aortic Dissection Repair

Authors

  • Morgan Hardman

    1   Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Houssam Farres

    2   Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Santh Prakash Lanka

    2   Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Young Erben

    2   Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Abstract

A 57-year-old male patient who underwent an open hemiarch repair with a femoral–femoral crossover bypass and right lower extremity fasciotomies for an acute Type A aortic dissection with limb ischemia presented 5 weeks' postrepair with a 20-pound weight loss due to intermittent hemodynamic collapse of the dissection flap over the origin of the superior mesenteric artery. This case highlights the challenges a dissection flap can cause after an urgent Type A aortic dissection repair.



Publication History

Received: 08 May 2023

Accepted: 01 September 2024

Article published online:
26 November 2024

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