title: Cryopreserved ascending aortic homograft for Stanford B dissecting aneurysm.
abstract: A 68 year-old woman underwent replacement of the descending thoracic aorta with a cryopreserved aortic homograft for the treatment of a Stanford B dissecting aneurysm. After surgery, the patient made an uneventful recovery without recurrent infection. In such cases, the use of aortic homografts to replace aortic segments is a promising and effective therapeutic option.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009926:Organ Preservation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous