Transcatheter repair of combined ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm and aortic arch aneurysm through a cardiac transapical approach

Gino Gerosa; Roberto Bianco; Andrea Bortolami; Carlo Dal Lin; Paolo Frigatti; Giuseppe Tarantini; Giambattista Isabella; Franco Grego

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.040

Transcatheter repair of combined ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm and aortic arch aneurysm through a cardiac transapical approach

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Dec;92(6):2259-62. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.040.

Authors

Gino Gerosa¹, Roberto Bianco, Andrea Bortolami, Carlo Dal Lin, Paolo Frigatti, Giuseppe Tarantini, Giambattista Isabella, Franco Grego

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 22115243
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.040

Abstract

We describe a new surgical technique performed in a heart-transplanted patient who underwent transcatheter repair of combined ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm and aortic arch aneurysm. The endografts were deployed through a left ventricular transapical approach by using a left mini-thoracotomy after previous debranching of the brachiocephalic vessels.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Aorta
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Middle Aged