title: Surgical treatment for chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation in a patient with a tracheostoma.
abstract: We successfully performed aortic root replacement and partial aortic arch replacement by a T-shaped sternotomy at the second intercostal space in a patient who had undergone tracheotomy for respiratory insufficiency and cardiac failure caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia during preservation treatment of chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. tshin0917@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kiyoyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eishi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuneto
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsukuma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D056346:Sternotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014140:Tracheotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome