Aortic valve replacement in an adult 20 years after a single-stage extra-anatomic repair of an interrupted aortic arch.
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.
Martin
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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical School of Graz, Graz, Austria. daniela-eugenia.martin@meduni-graz.at
Knez
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Oberwalder
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Rigler
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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