Total intercostal artery reimplantation for descending thoracic aortic replacement.

Usui, A; Hosokawa, H; Kawamura, M; Hibi, M · Ann Thorac Surg · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Reimplantation of all intercostal arteries was performed with a T-shaped graft for spinal cord protection in a 64-year-old man who required long-segment replacement of the descending thoracic aorta. The T-shaped graft maintained blood flow to the intercostal arteries, and no neurologic deficits developed.

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