The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 467-468, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Tubular supravalvar aortic stenosis: replacement of ascending aorta in a young patient
G Gargiulo, L Zannini, A Ghiselli, D Pagano, G Frascaroli and A Pierangeli
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Bologna, Italy.
The diffuse form of supravalvar aortic stenosis represents a surgical
challenge when ascending aorta and proximal aortic arch are involved. We
describe a technique performed on a 14-year-old patient with normal aortic
annulus and severe diffuse supravalvar aortic stenosis in which the
replacement of ascending aorta and proximal aortic arch with a tubular
prosthetic graft completely relieved the obstruction as confirmed by
cardiac catheterization.