Management of acute aortic dissection associated with coarctation by a single operation.
Acute aortic dissection associated with significant coarctation of the aorta is a difficult problem to manage operatively. A patient is presented who had both a bypass graft from the ascending aorta to the abdominal aorta and insertion of a composite valve graft in one operation to solve the problem.
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Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805.
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates