Surgical correction of the ascending aorta and an aortic root aneurysm associated with coarctation of the descending aorta

Abstract

This case report shows how to perform simultaneously an open surgical correction of an aortic root aneurysm and aortic stenosis by interposition of an aortic composite graft and the transdiaphragmatic extra-anatomical correction of an aortic coarctation.

Keywords: Aortic coarctation repair; Aortic root replacement; Bicuspid aortic valve; Extra-anatomic bypass.