Aortic valvular insufficiency and postductal aortic coarctation with small aorta syndrome: one-stage surgical management using extra anatomic bypass through median sternotomy.

Journal: The Japanese Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Publication Of The Japanese Association For Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi
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Abstract

A 30-year-old man who had undergone repair for coarctation of the thoracic aorta at age 7 and mitral valve annuloplasty at age 9 was admitted for shortness of breath and claudication of both lower legs. The pre-operative angiogram showed severe aortic regurgitation, moderate coarctation of the thoracic aorta beyond the left subclavian artery, a degree of hypoplasia of the infrarenal abdominal aorta, and total occlusion of both external iliac arteries. Aortic valve replacement, ascending-to-bilateral femoral arterial bypass, and end expanded polytetra fluoro ethylene (ePTFE) graft-to-descending aorta bypass was performed via a median sternotomy. Ascending-to-descending aortic bypass via the posterior pericardium allows simultaneous intracardiac repair or an alternative approach for the patient with complex coarctation.

Authors
Toru Mizumoto, Toshiya Tokui, Takane Hiraiwa, Tosihiko Kinoshita, Hideki Fujii