title: Double aneurysms of arch and descending aorta associated with right aortic arch.
abstract: We report a case of a 69-year-old man in whom double aortic aneurysms of the arch and descending aorta with a right aortic arch and mirror-image branching were diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomography and aortography. These techniques are useful to assess the exact anatomy of the lesion and branches of the arch. The patient was successfully treated by a two-stage operation consisting of aortic arch replacement followed by descending aorta replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Japan. yasuda@sf.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed