title: Reconstruction of heavily calcified aorta and its visceral branches without extracorporeal circulation.
abstract: A 61-year-old Japanese female was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment of a localized heavily calcified abdominal aorta. Preoperative angiograms and computed tomograms revealed severe stenosis of the aorta, resembling a slit. Bypass grafting between the thoracic and abdominal aorta was successfully performed together with the reconstruction of the celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery, and bilateral renal arteries without extracorporeal circulation. Postoperative angiograms showed patency of the graft and branches. A localized heavily calcified abdominal aorta is relatively rare, and the cause of this entity might be Takayasu's aortitis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aizaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography