Simplified thoracic approach to the ascending and descending aorta in complex coarctation
Corno, A.; Nijveld, A.; Schuller, J.L.; Lam, J.; Bulterijs, A.H.; Marcelletti, C.
Netherlands Journal of Surgery 34(1): 27-30
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0167-2487 PMID: 6210852 Document Number: 184658
Two patients with left ventricular and proximal aortic hypertension secondary to diffuse hypoplasia of the aortic arch have recently been treated by a surgical technique based on: I simultaneous exposure of the ascending and descending thoracic aorta through a left antero-latero-posterior thoracotomy; 2 insertion of a Dacron graft between the aortic root and the descending thoracic aorta. In both cases equal systemic pressures in the ascending and descending thoracic aorta and adequate distal perfusion were obtained.