ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Vincent A. Kucich
Michel N. Ilbawi
Marleta Reynolds
Serafin Y. DeLeon
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kucich, V. A.
Right arrow Articles by Idriss, F. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kucich, V. A.
Right arrow Articles by Idriss, F. S.

Ann Thorac Surg 1987;44:53-57
© 1987 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Articles

Management of Recurrent Coarctation of the Aorta: A New Experimental Technique

Vincent A. Kucich, M.D., Michel N. Ilbawi, M.D., Marleta Reynolds, M.D., Frank G. Crussi, M.D., Serafin Y. DeLeon, M.D., Farouk S. Idriss, M.D.

From the Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery and the Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

Accepted for publication December 5, 1986.

A new technique is described for the management of recurrent coarctation of the aorta. It involves enlarging the narrowed segment by an onlay patch sutured to the adventitia and outer media of the aortic wall. The procedure was used in 6 mongrel dogs with preexisting surgically created coarctation. Aortic cross-clamping time ranged between 7.5 and 11 minutes (mean, 8.8 ± 1.3 minutes). There were no operative deaths or complications. Gross and microscopic examination of the aorta 6 to 12 months (mean, 9 ± 2.2 months) postoperatively revealed a 290 to 380% (mean, 350 ± 30%) increase in the diameter of the repaired area and no evidence of thrombosis or pseu-doaneurysm formation. The need for minimal dissection and the brief period of aortic cross-clamping make this approach an attractive alternative in the surgical treatment of patients with difficult cases of recoarctation.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.