Morizumi S, Konishi T, Furukawa H, Fukata M, Suematsu Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 2008 Nov;61(12):1032-4.
A 63-year-old woman with severe aortic valve insufficiency and bilateral subclavian artery occlusion underwent ascending aorta-to-biaxillary artery bypass and aortic valve replacement, simultaneously. Because of severe aortic calcification, a hand-made aortic occluder was utilized to prevent embolic stroke. We believe that the new technique of aortic occllusion might be very useful for patients with severe aortic calcification.
