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Combined Surgical Treatment in Aortic Type A Dissection
Author(s) -
Stefano Salvatore Di,
López Javier,
Flórez Santiago,
Bustamante Juan,
Román Alberto San
Publication year - 2009
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.1540-8191.2008.00737.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , aortic aneurysm , surgery , radiology , aorta
Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection is a fatal event that, for its high mortality when left untreated, requires urgent surgical intervention. The established treatment includes repair of the ascending aorta and various portions of the aortic arch, leaving the descending aorta untreated. We report the case of a 62‐year‐old man in whom a combined approach of the ascending aorta with surgical correction and transluminal placement of a stent in the aortic arch was performed.