Aneurysm of a right-sided descending aorta with a normal left-sided aortic arch.

Daimon, Masahiro; Ozawa, Hideki; Kurihara, Kazuo; Katsumata, Takahiro · Ann Thorac Surg · 2008

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We encountered an extremely rare case of a saccular aneurysm of the descending aorta developing to the right of the spinal column with a normal left-sided aortic arch. An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a saccular aneurysm of the right-sided descending aorta that had increased in diameter. Resection of the aneurysm and prosthetic graft replacement of the right-sided descending thoracic aorta were successfully performed under deep hypothermia through a right thoracotomy.

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