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Three-Dimensional Printing of a Complex Aortic Anomaly
Published on: November 1, 2018
[Trachea compression due to a Kommerell diverticulum in a patient with a right-sided aorta]
V G Hindori1, M A A M Schepens
1St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, afd. Cardiothoracale Chirurgie, Koekoekslaan 1, 3435 CM Nieuwegein. vhindori@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A 64-year-old man who was evaluated for a long history of a discontinuous barking cough with difficulty in coughing up sputum was found to have 90% stenosis of the trachea. Further imaging studies revealed a right-sided descending aorta with an aberrant left subclavian artery arising from a Kommerell diverticulum. This caused the compression of the trachea. The compression was relieved by transposition of the aberrant left subclavian artery to the ascending aorta and replacement of the aneurysmatic part of the aorta by an endoprosthesis.
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