Endovascular fenestration and iliac stenting for acute limb ischemia caused by type B aortic dissection.

ABSTRACT

A 60-year-old man presented with chest pain and acute limb ischemia of the right leg. He was found to have a type B aortic dissection with a flap occluding the origin of the right common iliac artery. The dissection flap was fenestrated endovascularly with the placement of a covered stent in the right common iliac artery. After 10 years, the dissection remains stable with a minimal increase in the aorta size. The stent is patent with no lower extremity symptoms or reintervention. Fenestration and stenting of the obstructing flap can be a durable reperfusion strategy for patients with aortic dissection presenting with acute limb ischemia.