title: Surgical treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysm with aberrant right subclavian artery.
abstract: We present two operative cases of thoracic aortic aneurysm combined with aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA). Case 1 was a 71-year-old man with a fusiform-type arch aneurysm. He underwent total aortic arch replacement to reconstruct all 4 arch branches. Case 2 was a 39-year-old man suffering from chronic DeBakey type IIIb dissection. He underwent total descending thoracic aortic replacement for the remaining ARSA. In both cases ARSA was diagnosed preoperatively by reconstructed three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT). Both patients followed uneventful postoperative courses with excellent results. 3D-CT is helpful for precise planning of surgical strategy in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed