Apico-aortic conduit bypass operation in a patient with calcified ascending aorta due to Werner's syndrome

Tanaka, S.; Kakihata, H.; Urayama, K.; Kuji, N.; Maida, K.

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 28(4): 391-394

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509
PMID: 3597533
Document Number: 293107
A 53-year-old Japanese man with Werner's syndrome underwent successful apico-aortic conduit bypass operation. Preoperative examination showed severe calcification in the aortic root and ascending aorta. A composite graft was implanted from the left ventricular apex to the descending thoracic aorta with femoro-femoral bypass. To our knowledge, this case is the first surgical correction of a cardiac lesion in a patient with Werner's syndrome.

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