We have developed and routinely performed the total arch graft implantation with open stent-graft placement for aortic arch aneurysm or dissection. This method is easy and respiratory-troubleless meth...
A 65-year-old male underwent graft patch aortoplasty for a sacciform aneurysm of the distal aortic arch. Three years later an aneurysm developed around the site of the graft patch aortoplasty, therefo...
To compare the arch-first technique with conventional aortic arch reconstruction 19 patients were randomly assigned to either procedure. Nine patients underwent the arch-first technique (group A) and ...
In surgical treatment of aortic arch aneurysm or aortic dissection, we have been employing retrograde cerebral perfusion (RCP). In the present study, we have developed "arch vessels first technique" t...
To reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with extensive aortic arch replacement, the reconstruction technique is the most important part of the treatment. By refining the present techniques, w...
A 13-year-old girl, who had undergone a modified Blalock-Park operation using an equine pericardial patch for a type A aortic arch interruption at 10 days of age, and patch repair of a ventricular sep...
BACKGROUND: The early outcome after aortic arch surgery has improved. However, some operative survivors have died as a result of postoperative problems soon after discharge. This study determines the ...