1.A Case of Staged Hybrid Repair for a Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm with Shaggy Aorta
Kazuhiro OTA ; Hirofumi MIDORIKAWA ; Kyohei UENO ; Gaku TAKINAMI ; Kentaro YUDA ; Megumu KANNO
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2023;52(5):330-334
We report on a case of a distal aortic arch aneurysm with severe shaggy aorta treated by two-stage hybrid surgery without complications. The patient was a 67-year-old man. The thoracic aortic aneurysm was identified on computed tomography imaging by his treating physician during routine follow-up for lung cancer. The patient was referred to our hospital for further investigation and treatment. The aneurysm had a maximum diameter of 68 mm with severe shaggy aorta. Based on these findings, the risk of cerebral infarction and spinal cord ischemia was considered very high. The patient underwent total arch replacement with elephant trunk, using a brain isolation technique for this initial surgery. The postoperative course was uneventful and thoracic endovascular aortic repair(TEVAR) was performed 26 days after the initial surgery. The patient was discharged on post-operative day 38, without complications.
2.Valve-Sparing Excision of Multiple Papillary Fibroelastomas in the Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
Kazuhiro UENO ; Shingo HIRAO ; Jota NAKANO ; Go YAMASHITA ; Atsushi SUGAYA ; Tatsuhiko KOMIYA
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2023;52(3):163-167
Primary cardiac fibroelastoma is a relatively rare tumor and is often detected incidentally by echocardiography. We report a case of multiple fibroelastomas that were found incidentally by follow-up echocardiography for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and were treated with valve-sparing excision. The patient was a 71-year-old man, in whom a 10-mm tumor on the ventricular septum below the right coronary cusp and 3-mm tumors on the left ventricular side of the left and right coronary cusps were detected. Although he had no symptoms, because the tumors were mobile, surgery was performed for preventing embolization and making a definitive diagnosis. The tumor on the ventricular septum was excised together with the surrounding endocardium and part of the myocardium. The tumors on the valve leaflets were excised with the aortic valve cusps spared. Histopathologically, all the tumors were fibroelastomas. The postoperative course was uneventful.