title: Extensive total arch replacement via clamshell incision in a patient with aortic arch aneurysm and Stanford type B aortic dissection.
abstract: The utility of the clamshell approach, namely, a bilateral anterior thoracotomy incision for treating extensive thoracic aortic disease was described by Kouchoukos et al. in 2001 and by Doss et al. in 2003. We describe the utility of this approach for treating aortic arch aneurysm with Stanford type B aortic dissection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan. hideyuki@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anzai
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yozu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography