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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 9, 531-533, Copyright © 1995 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Total aortic arch replacement by a cryopreserved aortic homograft

C Abad, A Hurle, J Feijoo, J Gomez-Marrero and A Abdallah
Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Hospital N. S. del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

The case is presented of a 60-year-old man with previous surgery on the transverse aorta and a pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch and hemoptysis. The patient was operated upon with cardiopulmonary bypass and cerebral perfusion. The aortic arch was resected preserving a cuff of the aorta containing the three supra-aortic trunks. A bronchial fistula was closed with a pediculated flap of the native arch. A long segment of cryopreserved human aorta (ascending, arch and upper descending thoracic aorta) was inserted in the orthotopic position. The aortic cuff with the supra-aortic vessels was re-inserted onto the allograft. The patient is asymptomatic 2 months after the operation. Aortic homografts are a good alternative in cases with suspected infection or contamination, like this one. Other conditions, such as infected aneurysms, infected grafts, aorto-esophageal fistula and aorto- gastrointestinal fistula, are potentially good candidates for homografting. We believe that this case is the first report of a complete substitution of the aortic arch with a human cryopreserved homograft.

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