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Aortic Dissection

Studies from J. Easo and colleagues yield new information about aortic dissection

Published in Medical Patent Law Weekly, August 15th, 2007

In this recently published article, scientists in Oldenburg, Germany conducted a study "To report a novel complication of a hybrid ''frozen elephant trunk'' endograft used in the treatment of a multisegmentally diseased aorta. Case Report: A 53-year-old man with chronic type A aortic dissection and previous replacement of the supracoronary ascending aorta underwent a ''frozen elephant trunk'' procedure using a hybrid endograft."

"The stent-graft was placed deep in the descending aorta to cover the multiple distal re-entries. Due to ineffective covering of the re-entries, a patent false lumen led to rapid repressurization of the false lumen immediately distal to the...

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