Emergency endovascular treatment of complicated type B Acute dissection of the aorta

AbstractAlthough Type B dissection accounts for 25–40% of all aortic dissections, their treatment remains to date quite controversial. In acute complicated cases (visceral malperfusion, refractory pain, etc.), surgical treatment is generally recommended, but is still associated with a high rate of morbimortality.Implantation of endoprosthesis has been proposed as an alternative therapy for patients with high surgical risk.Reports support that endovascular stent-graft treatments of a complicated type B acute dissection produce a short and medium term satisfactory results