title: Antero-axillary access for hypoplastic aortic arch repair.
abstract: A 16-year-old adolescent presented with systemic hypertension due to a hypoplasia of the aortic arch resulting in a significant stenosis. In childhood, he underwent surgery for aortic coarctation through a left posterolateral thoracotomy. We present the successful repair of the complete aortic arch that could be achieved applying a patch plasty of bovine pericardium through an anteroaxillary thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Kiel, Germany. sfraund@kielheart-uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fraund
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böning
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scheewe
authors.forename: Jochen T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cremer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*