DISSECTION OF THE INFRARENAL AORTA TREATED BY STENT GRAFT PLACEMENT

Aortic dissection is primarily localized in the thoracic aorta. Dissec tion of the abdominal aorta is exceedingly rare, especially in the abs ence of a blunt abdominal trauma. Two cases of a primarily infrarenal aortic dissection were diagnosed bi US, CT and angiography. The patien ts were treated by stent graft placement. The stent grafts were introd uced via a femoral arteriotomy through the introducer sheath and were placed so that they occluded entry and re-entry of aortic dissection. The stent graft placement caused total obliteration of a false channel of the dissection immediately after endoprosthesis deployment. The pa tients were followed-up by CT and angiography at 16 and 3 months after surgery without complication.