Emergent David-V operation for a ruptured aortic root aneurysm in a 9-year-old child.
Ruptured aortic root aneurysm is very rare in children less than 10 years of age. Isolated dilatation of the ascending aorta and/or aortic root in a child is mostly associated with Marfan's syndrome, and the standard surgical treatment is aortic root replacement with a composite valve graft or homograft. We report here a successful emergent T. David-V operation using two grafts of different sizes for a ruptured aortic root aneurysm in a 9-year-old child with Marfan's syndrome.
Kato
Yasuyuki
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukui Cardiovascular Center, Shinbo 2-228 Fukui, Japan. ayak0511@yahoo.co.jp
Ohashi
Hirokazu
H
Tsutsumi
Yasushi
Y
Kawai
Takahiro
T
D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods