A novel two-stage surgical approach for the treatment of symptomatic supra-aortic artery aneurysms

Vascular. 2012 Aug;20(4):236-40. doi: 10.1258/vasc.2011.cr0287. Epub 2011 Oct 26.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 45-year-old man with a unique constellation of supra-aortic artery aneurysms detected by chest X-ray during work-up for chronic cough. During his diagnostic work-up, the patient suffered an embolic stroke likely secondary to disrupted plaque originating in an aneurysmal right vertebral artery. Endovascular repair was not a viable option due to the diffuse and bilateral nature of aneurysmal disease, including involvement of the innominate and right carotid and vertebral arteries. The patient was successfully treated with a two-stage open surgical approach involving an initial right carotid artery to vertebral artery bypass and subsequent in situ reconstruction utilizing a bifurcated Dacron graft sewn to the proximal aortic arch with distal extension to the right common carotid and axillary arteries.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Carotid Artery, Common / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Common / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation*
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Subclavian Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Subclavian Artery / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Vertebral Artery / surgery*