A safe option to perform an apparent difficult redo surgery

J Card Surg. 2008 Sep-Oct;23(5):513-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00550.x. Epub 2008 Mar 28.

Abstract

A 50-year-old female operated of Bentall five years before was referred to our hospital for an aneurysm of both right subclavian artery and brachiocephalic trunk associated with a false anastomotic aneurysm on the insertion of the left coronary artery. The procedure was performed under moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest; the false aneurysm was repaired, the brachiocephalic trunk and the subclavian aneurysm were resected, an aorto-carotid and axillary bypass were finally performed. The postoperative course was uneventful. She was discharged to home on postoperative day 7. At six-month follow-up, she was still asymptomatic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aneurysm, False / pathology
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / pathology
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Brachiocephalic Trunk / pathology
  • Brachiocephalic Trunk / surgery*
  • Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Reoperation
  • Subclavian Artery / pathology
  • Subclavian Artery / surgery*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*