title: Repair of acute aortic dissection in an octogenarian with prior thoracoplasty.
abstract: Cardiovascular surgery is challenging in patients who have previously undergone thoracoplasty because of severe chest deformity and impaired pulmonary function. We report a case of an octogenarian with prior left thoracoplasty, who successfully underwent surgical repair of an acute aortic dissection through a standard median sternotomy. We suggest that prior thoracoplasty might not necessarily be an exclusion criterion for aortic surgery in cases with adequate pulmonary function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan. kkurisu@qkn-hosp.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurisu
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kado
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Yuma
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Motomatsu
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ochiai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013905:Thoracoplasty; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures