Ascending-to-Descending Aortic Bypass and Aortic Valve Replacement for Concomitant Severe Aortic Coarctation and Aortic Stenosis

作者：Chu Michael W A^*; Adams Corey; Torres Pedro

来源：Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2011, 45(3): 303-306.

DOI：10.1177/1538574410396589

• aortic coarctation
• adult
• aortic valve
• replacement
• aortic operation
• hypertension
• aortic stenosis

We present a 33-year-old male with severe, symptomatic aortic coarctation and aortic stenosis assessed on a humanitarian medical mission to a developing country. Contemplating limited time and available resources, we performed a simultaneous single-stage approach with ascending-to-descending aortic bypass with a reinforced gortex graft and concomitant aortic valve replacement through a median sternotomy. The patient had an uneventful postoperative convalescence and was discharged on postoperative day 5. At 1-year follow-up, he was asymptomatic and doing well with good blood pressure control and complete equalization of upper and lower limb blood pressure measurements. Computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a widely patent ascending-to-descending aortic bypass graft and a normally functioning prosthetic aortic valve, respectively. In developing countries where health care resources are limited, a combined approach with an extra-anatomic, thoracic aortic bypass, and aortic valve replacement resulted in good early and 1-year outcomes. This procedure may represent the most effective surgical option for patients with concomitant aortic coarctation and aortic stenosis.

• 出版日期2011-4