Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Using Vascular Plug for Chronic Type IIIb Aortic Dissection.

A 72-year-old man previously treated for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was diagnosed with the 70-mm-sized type IIIb aortic dissection. Endovascular repair was considered, but there was no stent graft passing through the 8-mm iliac graft that was used for open repair of the AAA. We sealed the 5-mm-sized intimal tear site, using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug, which successfully repaired. The patient was discharged and had no complications. Serial follow-up computerized tomography scans showed that the vascular plug was positioned without migration, and the size of the aorta decreased.