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Aortic Dissection

Data from University of Basel Hospital Advance Knowledge in Aortic Dissection

Published in Blood Weekly, January 12th, 2012

2012 JAN 12 -- "This study was designed to demonstrate the applicability of a combined needle-based re-entry catheter and 'cheese-wire' technique for fenestration of abdominal aortic dissection membranes. Four male patients (mean age: 65 years) with acute complicated aortic type B dissections were treated at our institution by fenestrating the abdominal aortic dissection membrane using a hybrid technique," scientists writing in the journal Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology report.

"This technique combined an initial membrane puncture with a needle-based re-entry catheter using a transfemoral approach. A guidewire was passed through the...

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