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Successful resection of thoracic aortic aneurysms in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
J A van Son1, A S O'Marcaigh, W D Edwards
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 23-year-old man with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, chronic aortitis, and severe aneurysmal dilatation of the thoracic aorta successfully underwent two-stage graft replacement of the ascending and descending thoracic aorta. Nine years postoperatively, he is asymptomatic and employed full time.