title: Surgery of the dissecting aneurysm involving a right aortic arch.
abstract: A dissecting aneurysm in association with a right aortic arch is extremely rare. However, a 50-year-old male was diagnosed as having a dissecting aneurysm (DeBakey IIIa) with a right aortic arch, right descending aorta and an aberrant retro-esophageal left subclavian artery. A graft replacement of the right descending aorta was successfully performed under right thoracotomy and partial cardiopulmonary bypass. Precise anatomical definition and proper surgical procedure permitted a successful surgical result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital, Kasuga-city, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rikitake
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takarabe
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed