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Case Reports
Repair of an ascending aortic aneurysm using reduction aortoplasty in a Jehovah's Witness.
- Domenico Calcaterra, Kenichi Ueda, Samad Hashimi, Talitha Brown, and Daniel Calva.
- Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA. Domenico-Calcaterra@uiowa.edu
- J Card Surg. 2011 May 1; 26 (3): 313-5.
AbstractReduction ascending aortoplasty has been advocated as a possible alternative to traditional graft replacement for treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta and root. We report a case of a 58-year-old Jehovah's Witness female, with a 5.5-cm ascending aortic aneurysm and critical aortic stenosis. She underwent aortic valve replacement and reduction aortoplasty buttressed with a Dacron graft. We reviewed the history and contemporary applications of this technique and concluded that aortic reduction with externally supported aortoplasty may represent a viable option to treat Jehovah's Witness patients with ascending aorta and root aneurysm. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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