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Repair of Kommerell's Diverticulum with Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery in an Elderly Patient with Right Aortic Arch and Dysphagia Lusoria
Author(s) -
Panduranga Prashanth,
AlDelamie Taha,
Ratnam Laxmi,
AlMukhaini Mohammed,
Zachariah Sunny
Publication year - 2011
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.1540-8191.2011.01344.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , diverticulum (mollusc) , dysphagia , esophagus , surgery , subclavian artery , radiology , aorta
Abstract A 60‐year‐old femalepresented with progressive dysphagia and was found to have a right‐sided aortic arch with external posterior compression of the upper esophagus due to severe compression from a Kommerell's diverticulum with an aberrant left subclavian artery. This patient underwent division of the diverticulum with an aorto‐subclavian graft implantation under femoro‐femoral bypass and recovered uneventfully. A review of the literature and discussion of the surgical management is presented. (J Card Surg 2011;26:637‐640)