[Thoracic Aortic Rupture of Stanford Type B Acute Aortic Dissection in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease;Report of a Case].

We report a case of a 48-year-old man with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), who was emergently transported to our institution by ambulance because of thoracic aortic rupture of Stanford type B acute aortic dissection. PKD is a congenital disease associated with hypertension( 60%) and cerebrovascular disease (20%). Few reports have described sudden death due to the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm and acute aortic dissection. In this case, emergency hemi-arch replacement was performed successfully. His postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged on the 15th postoperative day.