title: Surgery for aortic dissection involving an aberrant right subclavian artery.
abstract: On diagnosis of Stanford type A acute aortic dissection with an aberrant right subclavian artery, emergency operation was performed. Aortic arch replacement was undertaken with additional 'elephant trunk' procedure to cover the entry site and decrease the blood flow through the false lumen. We consider this technique will become one of the effective procedures for acute aortic dissection involving an aberrant right subclavian artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and General Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Keita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oono
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Takamaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*