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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:744-746. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.022
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Case reports

Emergent David-V operation for a ruptured aortic root aneurysm in a 9-year-old child

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukui Cardiovascular Center, Shinbo 2-228 Fukui, Japan

Received 7 December 2006; received in revised form 5 January 2007; accepted 15 January 2007.

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Ruptured aortic root aneurysm is very rare in children less than 10 years of age. Isolated dilatation of the ascending aorta and/or aortic root in a child is mostly associated with Marfan's syndrome, and the standard surgical treatment is aortic root replacement with a composite valve graft or homograft. We report here a successful emergent T. David-V operation using two grafts of different sizes for a ruptured aortic root aneurysm in a 9-year-old child with Marfan's syndrome.

Key Words: Aneurysm • Aortic • Aortic root • Rupture • Valve disease