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Retrograde aortic dissection after bilateral iliac artery stenting: A case report and review of the literature

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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We report a case of retrograde aortic dissection after bilateral iliac artery stenting. A 63-year-old black woman underwent aortography with balloon angioplasty of bilateral common iliac artery lesions and subsequent vascular stent placement. The patient developed an acute aortic dissection from the level of the aortic bifurcation to the left subclavian artery. This case is presented to call attention to the previously unreported complication of retrograde aortic dissection after bilateral iliac artery angioplasty and stent placement presenting as acute chest pain.

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  1. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif.

    Paul L. Cisek MD, James E. McKittrick MD & Santa Barbara

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Cisek, P.L., McKittrick, J.E. & Barbara, S. Retrograde aortic dissection after bilateral iliac artery stenting: A case report and review of the literature. Annals of Vascular Surgery 9, 280–284 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02135288

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