title: Aneurysm of a right-sided descending aorta with a normal left-sided aortic arch.
abstract: We encountered an extremely rare case of a saccular aneurysm of the descending aorta developing to the right of the spinal column with a normal left-sided aortic arch. An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a saccular aneurysm of the right-sided descending aorta that had increased in diameter. Resection of the aneurysm and prosthetic graft replacement of the right-sided descending thoracic aorta were successfully performed under deep hypothermia through a right thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. m-daimon@jg7.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daimon
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome