The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jun 2006
Case ReportsSurgical repair of the aortic coarctation combined with complete replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic arch.
We present a 63-year-old patient with aortic valve stenosis, ascending aorta aneurysm, aortic coarctation as well as atherosclerotic, elongated, and stenosed aortic arch. Surgical treatment consisted of a complete ascending aorta replacement with a valved composite graft and complete replacement of the aortic arch including the isthmus, and was performed simultaneously through median sternotomy.