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Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Dissection or Aneurysm Combined with Repair of the Proximal Aorta Via Median Sternotomy
Author(s) -
Sarsam Mazin A. I.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01052.x
Subject(s) - medicine , median sternotomy , ascending aorta , dissection (medical) , descending aorta , aorta , aneurysm , surgery , thoracic aorta , pericardium , aortic aneurysm , aortic dissection
A single‐stage procedure for repair of the whole thoracic aorta via median sternotomy is described. The procedure is based on exposure of the descending aorta, posterior to the pericardium in the oblique sinus, or exposure of the aorta in the supracoeliac region and the placement of an endoprosthesis as an intraluminal graft. The ascending aorta and arch repair can be carried out as usual. The procedure has been performed in five patients with either dissection or aneurysm in the period between 1992 and 1997. ( J Card Surg 1998; 13:37–42)