title: Two-stage surgical and endovascular treatment of an aneurysmal aberrant right subclavian (Lusoria) artery.
abstract: We report a case of a 75-year-old male patient with an asymptomatic aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA). Timely elective therapy of this entity is indicated due to the high risk of rupture. Because of the patient's reduced physical state, we performed an interdisciplinary endovascular aortic stent-grafting for the exclusion of the ARSA aneurysm. However, the proximal landing zone for the thoracic stent had to be chosen proximal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. Thus, 2 days before the endovascular procedure, a left-sided carotido-subclavian bypass was accomplished. The peri- and postoperative course was uneventful. The technical results in our patient were excellent, no leakage was visible so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany. timattmann@web.de
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Attmann
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller-Hülsbeck
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cremer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome