Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image
Authors: Jose Eduardo Mateus, Gabriel Atanasio, Joao Valente
Background: Type B aortic can be a life-threatening emergency, with a 10-year survival rate ranging from 30% to 60%. Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented with intense abdominal pain lasting for 2 hours. Computed tomographic angiography of the thorax and abdomen revealed extensive type B aortic dissection. Despite intensive medical therapy, blood pressure remained uncontrolled, motivating a thoracic endovascular aortic repair, with clinical improvement. Conclusion: History of arterial hypertension and/or the use of drugs followed by severe chest or back pain without evidence of myocardial ischemia is highly suggestive of acute aortic dissection. The goals of treatment are to control pain and maintain organ perfusion. Patients with type B aortic dissection tend to be older and are generally managed medically. However, recent papers have shown an increasing interest to consider thoracic endovascular aortic repair in patients with acute uncomplicated disease in order to prevent later complications.
Keywords: Aortic dissection, thoracic endovascular aortic repair, type B dissection, case report.
Authors
Correspondence to:
Jose Eduardo Mateus, Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universit rio de Coimbra, Praceta Prof Mota Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal zeduardomateus@gmail.com
Publication history:
Received 10 Jul 2019
Accepted 27 Sep 2019
Published online 17 Oct 2019
Published in print 15 Dec 2019
Mateus JE, Atanasio G, Valente J. Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. EJMCR. 2019; 3(3): 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus JE, Atanasio G, Valente J. Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. https://www.ejmcr.com/?mno=56391 [Access: April 20, 2024]. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus JE, Atanasio G, Valente J. Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. EJMCR. 2019; 3(3): 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus JE, Atanasio G, Valente J. Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. EJMCR. (2019), [cited April 20, 2024]; 3(3): 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus, J. E., Atanasio, . G. & Valente, . J. (2019) Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. EJMCR, 3 (3), 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus, Jose Eduardo, Gabriel Atanasio, and Joao Valente. 2019. Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 3 (3), 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus, Jose Eduardo, Gabriel Atanasio, and Joao Valente. "Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 3 (2019), 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus, Jose Eduardo, Gabriel Atanasio, and Joao Valente. "Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 3.3 (2019), 130-131. Print. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749
Mateus, J. E., Atanasio, . G. & Valente, . J. (2019) Extensive type B aortic dissection involving femoral arteries: clinical image. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 3 (3), 130-131. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1562780749