Surgical Treatment of Multiple Dissecting Aortic Aneurysms.
10.4326/jjcvs.27.217
- VernacularTitle:重複解離性大動脈りゅうの臨床的検討
- Author:
Ken Suzuki
;
Shigeaki Ohtake
;
Hiroshi Imagawa
;
Hikaru Matsuda
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
1998;27(4):217-221
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Four patients with multiple dissecting aortic aneurysms treated surgically from 1960 to 1996 were evaluated clinically. The incidence of multiple dissecting aortic aneurysms was 3.2% of all surgically treated cases of aortic dissection. Only one case suffered from Marfan's syndrome. Morphologically, all cases showed chronic DeBakey II+III type dissection. Case 1 was treated by Bentall's operation for DeBakey II type dissection and the residual aortic aneurysm was not treated surgically. Case 2 underwent a two-staged operation: Bentall's operation first, followed by entry closure with plication of the DeBakey III type aneurysm. Case 3 underwent a two-staged operation: graft replacement of the ascending aorta combined with coronary artery bypass grafting in the first operation and graft replacement of descending and abdominal aorta in the second. Case 4 was treated by graft replacement of the hemiarch, resuspension of the aortic valve and entry closure of the DeBakey III type dissection. Among them, two cases (Cases 1 and 2) whose aneurysms were treated incompletely showed a rapid growth and rupture of residual DeBakey III type aneurysm. In conclusion, one-staged aggressive and complete operation should be done for the patients with multiple dissecting aortic aneurysms. When a two-staged operation is selected, more intensive follow-up of the residual aortic aneurysm is needed.