1.A Case of Left Main Trunk (LMT) Obstruction after Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) Using Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT MAGNA
Naritomo Nishioka ; Naoto Morimoto ; Keitaro Nakagiri ; Shunsuke Matsushima ; Yuya Tauchi ; Masaomi Fukuzumi ; Hirohisa Murakami ; Masato Yoshida ; Nobuhiko Mukohara
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2012;41(1):49-52
We reported a 74-year-old female complicated by ostial obstruction of the left main trunk after aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis. At surgery, the length from the orifice of the left main trunk to the aortic annulus was 3 mm. After a 19 mm Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT MAGNA was implanted in supra-annular position, the orifice of left main trunk was concealed by a sewing cuff of the bioprosthesis. Before aortic declamping, saphenous vein graft was bypassed to the left anterior descending artery. The postoperative course was uneventful. Computed tomography demonstrated the ostial obstruction of the left main trunk by the bioprosthesis.
2.Endovascular Repair of a Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula
Masaya Aoki ; Masato Yoshida ; Hirohisa Murakami ; Soichiro Henmi ; Shunsuke Matsushima ; Naritomo Nishioka ; Naoto Morimoto ; Tasuku Honda ; Keitaro Nakagiri ; Nobuhiko Mukohara
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2013;42(5):391-394
A 71-year-old man who had undergone repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm with a tube graft 3 months ago was transferred from another hospital with an Aortoenteric Fistula (AEF) for surgical treatment. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed pseudoaneurysm formation at the proximal anastomotic site. Waiting for the elective operation, he developed massive hematemesis with shock. Endovascular stent-graft repair was emergently performed because of high risk for conventional open surgery. Gastrointestinal bleeding was successfully controlled. The psuedoaneurysm disappeared, which was confirmed by postoperative CT angiography. At 1-year follow-up, he has shown no clinical and radiographic evidence of recurrent infection or bleeding. For the case with shock, Endovascular repair could be a bridge to open surgery because it is fast and minimally invasive. Endovascular repair of AEF is technically feasible and may be the definitive treatment in selected patients without signs of infection and gastrointestinal bleeding.
3.Bilateral Bidirectional Glenn Anastomosis in an Adult Patient with Aneurysmal Degeneration after an Original Blalock-Taussig Shunt
Yu MURAKAMI ; Yoshihiro OSHIMA ; Hironori MATSUHISA ; Tomonori HIGUMA ; Shunsuke MATSUSHIMA ; Shota HASEGAWA ; Yuson WADA
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2021;50(4):231-234
A male patient with single ventricle pulmonary stenosis, and persistent left superior vena cava underwent original Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) at 2 years of age and suffered from infective endocarditis at 38 years of age. A systemic work-up detected dural arteriovenous fistula and aneurysmal dilatation of the original BTS. Cardiac catheterization and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed an appropriate pulmonary vasculature for bidirectional Glenn anastomosis and sufficient antegrade pulmonary blood flow through the pulmonary valve. Bilateral bidirectional Glenn anastomosis and resection of the aneurysm of the BTS-associated aneurysm were successfully performed.