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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54:797-799
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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New surgical technique for type B aortic interruption

Naresh Kumar, FRCS, Ganga Prabhakar, FRCS*, Fadel Al-Fadley, FRCP(C), Zohair Al-Halees, FRCS(C), Carlos M.G. Duran, MD, PhD

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Accepted for publication June 30, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Prabhakar, MBC 16, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.

Restoring continuity of the aortic arch in aortic interruption continues to be a problem in terms of both surgical technique and long-term results. We report here a surgical technique using the left subclavian artery along with an aberrant right subclavian artery to form a conduit in a patient with type B interruption, to reestablish aortic continuity.






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