Surgical repair of retrograde type a aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Abstract

It is expected that the stent graft will become an alternative method for treating aortic diseases or reducing the extent of surgery; therefore, thoracic endovascular aortic repair has widened its indications. However, it can have rare but serious complications such as paraplegia and retrograde type A aortic dissection. Here, we report a surgical repair of retrograde type A aortic dissection that was performed after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014.