title: Aortic valve replacement in an adult 20 years after a single-stage extra-anatomic repair of an interrupted aortic arch.
abstract: Interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital malformation, which is defined as a loss of luminal continuity between the ascending and descending aorta. Usually, there is a considerable distance between the ascending and descending parts of the aorta. According to the classification system of Celoria and Patton, three subtypes have to be differentiated. We describe a single-stage, extra-anatomic repair in an adolescent patient with a rare type C (the interruption is proximal to the left common carotid artery) interrupted aortic arch and his subsequent aortic valve replacement 19 years later.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical School of Graz, Graz, Austria. daniela-eugenia.martin@meduni-graz.at
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Knez
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Oberwalder
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rigler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation