Surgical treatment for chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation in a patient with a tracheostoma
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Shinichiro Taniguchi, MD · Kiyoyuki Eishi, MD Koji Hashizume, MD · Tsuneo Ariyoshi, MD Akira Tsuneto, MD · Seiji Matsukuma, MD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
We successfully performed aortic root replacement and partial aortic arch replacement by a T-shaped sternotomy at the second intercostal space in a patient who had undergone tracheotomy for respiratory insuffi ciency and cardiac failure caused by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia during preservation treatment of chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:110–113 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0621-z Received: 10 December 2009 / Accepted: 23 March 2010