Cardiac transplantation and simultaneous surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm.
Simultaneous cardiac transplantation and surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm has not been reported previously. At our institution, a 59-year-old patient with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch required orthotopic cardiac transplantation for end-stage cardiomyopathy. He underwent successful surgical replacement of his ascending aorta and transverse arch (in circulatory arrest and deep hypothermia) at the time of heart transplantation.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Austria. alfred.kocher@univie.ac.at
Ehrlich
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Widhalm
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Wolner
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Laufer
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged