Aortoplasty with a bovine venous xenograft for pseudoaneurysm after heart transplantation.
The case was a 54-year-old man after orthotopic heart transplantation with infected pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta. The operation was performed with hypothermic circulatory arrest. Pseudoaneurysm was excised and aortoplasty was performed with a bovine venous xenograft patch. Six months after the operation, and 2 years after transplantation, the patient is doing well.
Omoto
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. tkashima@imcj.hosp.go.jp
Minami
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Deyerling
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Tenderich
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Breymann
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Körfer
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged