EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2007

Total Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement in a Marfan Patient Following Heart Transplantation and Hemiarch Repair

  • K.-M. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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  • S.-H. Chu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Prof. S.-H. Chu, Cardiovascular Center, 13F, 21, Sec 2, Nan-Ya S Road, Pan-Chiao, Taipei 220, Taiwan.
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  • J.-S. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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  • S.-J. Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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  • C.-Y. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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  • T.-Y. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

,Accepted 2 October 2006.

  • Image Result

    Triple-barrel dissecting thoracic aorta sizing 10cm showed in (A) axial cut and (B) Sagital cut. (C) The schematic drawing shows previous hemiarch repair and current dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic

    Triple-barrel dissecting thoracic aorta sizing 10cm showed in (A) axial cut and (B) Sagital cut. (C) The schematic drawing shows previous hemiarch repair and current dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm on the projection of an ordinary chest film.

  • Image Result
    (A) The intraoperative photo shows complex revascularization. I: intercostal graft; L: lumbar graft, R: the graft to left renal artery; V: the graft to celiac trunk, superior mesenteric and right rena

    (A) The intraoperative photo shows complex revascularization. I: intercostal graft; L: lumbar graft, R: the graft to left renal artery; V: the graft to celiac trunk, superior mesenteric and right renal arteries. (B) The schematic drawing simplifies the operative procedures. (C) Postoperative magnetic resonance image shows the reconstructed result. Notify the occluded intercostal graft remnant.

PII: S1533-3167(06)00081-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.10.001

EJVES Extra
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2007