title: Disruption of the vascular prosthesis caused by aortic calcification after replacement of the thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: A 52-year-old man underwent a replacement of the thoracoabdominal aorta. The aorta was severely calcified, and was replaced by a 24-mm woven Dacron (Vascutek, Renfrewshire, Scotland) graft wrapped with the calcificated aneurysmal wall. His postoperative course was uneventful; however, he collapsed on the 18th postoperative day. He underwent an emergent thoracotomy and the wrapped aneurysmal wall was taken down. The prosthesis graft had a 1-mm disruption in the middle portion, which did not relate to the anastomoses. Experimental study ex vivo showed that disruption of the prosthesis could have occurred after a 3-week pulsatile force caused by a seashell simulating aortic calcification.
authors.affiliation: Kobe University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawanishi
authors.forename: Masamiti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumori
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D004630:Emergencies; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008974:Mollusca; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates