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Sutureless ringed graft replacement of descending thoracic aorta with extensive calcification
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryocho, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
Abstract:
A 79-year-old hypertensive woman, with fusiform shaped atherosclerotic aneurysm in the descending thoracic aorta whose medial layer was maintained by an extensive solid calcium plate (porcelain aorta), was successfully treated using a sutureless intraluminal ringed graft. Spools of the ring were fixed by circumferential ligatures at both proximal and distal sites of anastomosis and a dilated segment of the aorta was replaced with the tube graft.