Abstract

Doc number: 141

Abstract: Innominate artery (IA) aneurysms represent 3% of all arterial aneurysms. Due to the risk of thromboembolic complications and spontaneous rupture, surgical repair is usually recommended on an early elective basis. We present the case of 81-year-old Caucasian male presenting with atypical anterior chest pain secondary to a large innominate artery aneurysm who underwent successful open surgical repair at our institution. In our experience, open correction via median sternotomy with extension into the right neck provides excellent exposure and facilitates rapid reconstruction with good short and long-term outcomes. Minimally invasive and endovascular approaches provide emerging alternatives to open IA aneurysm repair, however further research is required to better define optimal patient selection criteria and determine the long-term outcomes of these novel therapies.

Details

Title
Surgical treatment of innominate artery and aortic aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature
Author
Soylu, Erdinc; Harling, Leanne; Ashrafian, Hutan; Anagnostakou, Vania; Tassopoulos, Dimitris; Charitos, Christos; Kokotsakis, John; Athanasiou, Thanos
Pages
141
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1749-8090
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-141
ProQuest document ID
1368612540
Copyright
© 2013 Soylu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.