Clamshell approach and partial cardiopulmonary bypass to  repair a right aortic arch aneurysm.
AB A 27-year-old man with history of ventricular septal defect repair in infancy presented with aneurysm of Edwards type IIIB right aortic arch. Karyotype analysis excluded chromosome 22 anomalies. The lesion was repaired using beating heart partial cardiopulmonary bypass via a clamshell incision. Postoperative course was uneventful.
Spina
Amedeo
A
Cardiovascular Department, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Ospedale, di Cattinara-Polo Cardiologico, via Valdoni, 34100 Trieste, Italy. amedeospina@hotmail.com
Gatti
Giuseppe
G
Belgrano
Manuel
M
Zingone
Bartolo
B
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome