title: [Surgical treatment of a complete aortic arch interruption].
abstract: We describe the clinical case of a 48-year-old woman referred to our centre due to a recently diagnosed severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Her past medical history included arterial hypertension diagnosed when she was eighteen years old. On preoperative study a complete interruption of the aortic arch was found, distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. The patient underwent successful two-stage surgical correction by repair of the aortic interruption followed by aortic valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Cardiologia e de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponte
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bettencourt
authors.forename: João C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mota
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods