Should Pectus Excavatum Alter Aortic Root Surgery in Patients With Marfan Syndrome? A Computed Tomography Scan-Guided Surgical Strategy Through Left Anterior Thoracotomy

Giuseppe M Raffa; Giovanni Gentile; Lavinia De Monte; Michele Pilato

doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.08.002

Should Pectus Excavatum Alter Aortic Root Surgery in Patients With Marfan Syndrome? A Computed Tomography Scan-Guided Surgical Strategy Through Left Anterior Thoracotomy

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Autumn;27(3):328-30. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.08.002. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Authors

Giuseppe M Raffa¹, Giovanni Gentile², Lavinia De Monte³, Michele Pilato⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
² Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
³ Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy.

PMID: 26708379
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.08.002

No abstract available

Keywords: 3-dimensional computed tomography; Marfan syndrome; anterolateral thoracotomy; aortic aneurysm; heart displacement; open heart surgery; pectus excavatum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Follow-Up Studies
Funnel Chest / complications*
Funnel Chest / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Marfan Syndrome / complications
Marfan Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Marfan Syndrome / surgery*
Risk Factors
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Thoracotomy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
Young Adult