title: Open Surgical Treatment of a Severe Case of Obstructive Calcifying Aortic Disease.
abstract: The obstructive calcifying aortic disease refers to severe calcifications of the descending aorta that obstruct or slow blood flow. Here, we report the case of a 65-year-old woman with recent onset of a very tight intermittent claudication and concomitant severe and uncontrolled hypertension, treated with a bypass graft between the proximal descending thoracic aorta and the supravisceral abdominal aorta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: pietro.rispoli@unito.it.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rispoli
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varetto
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castagno
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garneri
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bertoldo
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quaglino
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ripepi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Centofanti
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*