title: Sutureless ringed graft replacement of descending thoracic aorta with extensive calcification.
abstract: A 79-year-old hypertensive woman, with fusiform shaped atherosclerotic aneurysm in the descending thoracic aorta whose medial layer was maintained by an extensive solid calcium plate (porcelain aorta), was successfully treated using a sutureless intraluminal ringed graft. Spools of the ring were fixed by circumferential ligatures at both proximal and distal sites of anastomosis and a dilated segment of the aorta was replaced with the tube graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryocho, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohmi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed