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[Surgical treatment of a complete aortic arch interruption]
Marta Ponte1, Marco Oliveira, Nuno Bettencourt
1Serviços de Cardiologia e de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Abstract:
We describe the clinical case of a 48-year-old woman referred to our centre due to a recently diagnosed severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Her past medical history included arterial hypertension diagnosed when she was eighteen years old. On preoperative study a complete interruption of the aortic arch was found, distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. The patient underwent successful two-stage surgical correction by repair of the aortic interruption followed by aortic valve replacement.
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