Successful Endovascular Treatment for a Patient with Hemolytic Anemia Due to a Kinked Ascending Aortic Graft: A Case Report

Abstract

A 52-year-old male, patient who had undergone ascending aorta replacement for acute type A aortic dissection, was referred to our hospital. Ascending aortic graft was severely kinked and caused hemolytic anemia. We performed the endovascular intervention, and Palmaz EL stents were successfully inserted at the kinked ascending aortic graft. As a result, hemolysis resolved soon after the intervention. We aim to share our experience of inserting bare-metal stents in a patient with mechanical hemolysis due to a kinked aortic graft.