Evaluation of the grafted ascending aorta with computed tomography. Complications caused by suture dehiscence.
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 145 (3), 749-753
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.145.3.6216496
Abstract
Patients who have undergone surgery on the thoracic aorta and placement of a synthetic tubular graft need close, long-term radiological follow-up, as they are at risk of not only complications and progression of the underlying disease (atherosclerosis, dissection or cystic medial necrosis) but also complications of the procedure, notably suture dehiscence leading to formation of an aneurysm around the graft. In a series of 14 asymptomatic postoperative patients studied by computed tomography (CT), leakage of contrast material around the graft was detected in 6 patients, 2 of whom required reoperation to correct suture dehiscence. CT is a noninvasive and sensitive method of postoperative evaluation of patients who have undergone an aortic graft.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Radiological Evaluation of Composite Aortic GraftsRadiology, 1979