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Resection of Ascending Aorta Aneurysm in Redo Surgery Through an Anterior Thoracotomy
Author(s) -
PrQtre René,
Turina Marko .
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1985.tb01307.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending aorta , thoracotomy , aneurysm , mediastinitis , surgery , median sternotomy , aorta , resection , aortic aneurysm
Resection of an aneurysm of the distal ascending aorta was performed under hy‐pothermic circulatory arrest and retrograde cerebral perfusion though a right anterior thoracotomy. Seven years before, the patient had undergone orthotopic cardiac transplantation and had required pectoral muscle plasty to heal an infectious mediastinitis. This new approach avoided a potentially hazardous sternotomy and allowed successful resection of the aneurysm and reconstruction of a thrombosed innominate vein.