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Novel and Innovative Hybrid Technique for Type A Aortic Dissection
Published on: March 28, 2025
Hybrid treatment of a complex aortic arch aneurysm with an aberrant left vertebral artery
Emmanuel Moss1, Feras Khaliel, Josephine Pressacco
1Departments of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
We report a case of an elderly male with significant comorbidities and a dominant aberrant left vertebral artery originating on an aneurysmal aortic arch. The patient underwent a successful staged hybrid procedure with aortic arch debranching and left vertebral artery transposition onto the left common carotid artery, followed by endovascular aneurysmal repair.
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