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Ascending aortic replacement through right thoracotomy.
- Source :
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg] 2002 Jan; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 97-9. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- A 62-year-old woman with a history of esophageal resection and colon interposition with anterosternal subcutaneous tunnel required replacement of the ascending aorta due to dissecting aortic aneurysm. Preoperative three-dimensional computed tomography enabled us to reveal that right thoracotomy could offer an ascending aortic operation. The patient underwent successful operation under hypothermic circulatory arrest and the right anterolateral thoracotomy provided safe exposure of the diseased ascending aorta even when the suprasternal tunnel precluded conventional median sternotomy.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1010-7940
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11788271
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(01)01015-6