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One step surgical repair of type II acute aortic dissection and aortic coarctation
D Paparella1, S Schena, L de Luca Tupputi Schinosa
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bari, Italy. paparella@tin.it
Abstract:
It is presented the case of acute type II aortic dissection in a patient with aneurysmal ascending aorta, hypoplastic arch and isthmic coarctation. One single step replacement of the ascending aorta, arch and the isthmus was performed by ensuring simultaneous optimal perfusion above and below the coarctation through the femoral and subclavian artery.