Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with a large intracranial anterior communicating artery aneurysm.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms occasionally occur concomitantly with an intracranial artery aneurysm (ICA). The association of an ICA with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) is relatively rare. A patient with this condition is presented. Coiling of the ICA was not an option preoperatively because of the dissected false lumen of the TAAA, rendering a femoral artery approach impossible. The TAAA was repaired during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Seong-Hyop
SH
Kim
Kyung-Hwan
KH
Kim
Jeong Eun
JE
Kim
Seung Zhoo
SZ
Yoon
Jae Hyeon
JH
Ahn
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male