| Total Aortic Arch Replacement
with Open Stent-Grafting of Descending Thoracic Aorta for Chronic
Type A Dissecting Aneurysm after Replacement of the Ascending
Thoracic Aorta - A Case Report - |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate
School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan and Department
of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mito National Hospital*, Mito, Japan)
| Junetsu Akasaka |
Yusuke Tsuru* |
Yoshio Nitta |
| Goro Takahashi |
Koichi Tabayashi |
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A 74-year-old woman underwent ascending
aortic replacement due to acute type A dissection 2 years previously.
She received total aortic arch replacement with open stent grafting
of the descending thoracic aorta for enlargement of the residual
aortic dissection in the aortic arch and descending thoracic
aorta. Operative method and, intra- and post-operative protective
method of spinal cord are reported and discussed.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 32：168 -171 (2003) |
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