Type A aortic dissection, right-sided aortic arch, and thoracic aortic aneurysm

Daijiro Hori; Masashi Tanaka; Atsushi Yamaguchi; Hideo Adachi

doi:10.1177/0218492309341620

Type A aortic dissection, right-sided aortic arch, and thoracic aortic aneurysm

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2009 Dec;17(6):640-2. doi: 10.1177/0218492309341620.

Authors

Daijiro Hori¹, Masashi Tanaka, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Hideo Adachi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 20026544
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309341620

Abstract

A previously healthy 78-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain. Computed tomography revealed a right-sided aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery originating from Kommerell's diverticulum, a thoracic aortic aneurysm, and Stanford type A acute aortic dissection. Successful emergency repair of the ascending aorta, total arch, and descending aorta were performed through a median sternotomy only.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Dissection / complications*
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Chest Pain / etiology
Female
Humans
Severity of Illness Index
Sternotomy
Subclavian Artery / abnormalities
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome