Cardiac transplantation and simultaneous surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm.

Kocher, A A; Ehrlich, M P; Widhalm, G; Wolner, E; Laufer, G · Ann Thorac Surg · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Simultaneous cardiac transplantation and surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm has not been reported previously. At our institution, a 59-year-old patient with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and aortic arch required orthotopic cardiac transplantation for end-stage cardiomyopathy. He underwent successful surgical replacement of his ascending aorta and transverse arch (in circulatory arrest and deep hypothermia) at the time of heart transplantation.

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