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Aortic dissection is primarily localized in the thoracic aorta. Dissection of the abdominal aorta is exceedingly rare, especially in the absence of a blunt abdominal trauma. Two cases of a primarily infrarenal aortic dissection were diagnosed by US, CT and angiography. The patients were treated by stent graft placement. The stent grafts were introduced via a femoral arteriotomy through the introducer sheath and were placed so that they occluded entry and reentry of aortic dissection. The stent graft placement caused total obliteration of a false channel of the dissection immediately after endoprosthesis deployment. The patients were followed-up by CT and angiography at 16 and 3 months after surgery without complication.
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Received 3 December 1996; Revision received 14 March 1997; Accepted 10 June 1997
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Ferko, A., Krajina, A., Jon, B. et al. Dissection of the infrarenal aorta treated by stent graft placement. Eur Radiol 8, 298–300 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050384
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