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Orthotopic Aortic Transplantation in Mice for the Study of Vascular Disease
Published on: November 28, 2012
Homograft replacement of thoraco-abdominal aorta for a leaking mycotic aneurysm
D Pagano1, P Guest, R S Bonser
1Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 67-year-old, diabetic patient who underwent antibiotic-preserved homograft replacement of a thoraco-abdominal segment of the aorta for leaking mycotic aneurysm. This was successful in eradicating the sepsis and no graft complication had occurred at (18 months). Follow-up with computed tomography (CT) scanning.

