title: Ascending aorta-abdominal aorta bypass for Takayasu's arteritis.
abstract: Three patients with type III Takayasu's arteritis were referred to us because of the upper extremity hypertension and vascular claudication of the lower extremities. They underwent extra-anatomic ascending aorta-abdominal aorta bypass with vascular graft under a median sternotomy and a splitted midline laparotomy incision without cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful. Upper extremity hypertension and vascular claudication were completely resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Tongon-dong, Chongro-gu, Seoul 110-774, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Ho Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome