High resolution computed tomography imaging for individualized allograft replacement of an infected Dacron aortic arch prosthesis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Mathias H WilhelmiA Haverich

Abstract

We report on the case of a young woman with a history of intravenous drug abuse and the development of an infection of a prosthetic supracoronary-, total arch and partial descending aortic allograft prosthesis following acute aortic dissection type Stanford-A two years previously. For surgical treatment we implanted an allograft prosthesis obtained from a local tissue bank. Particular variations in this setting and in comparison to conventional surgical planning were that high resolution computed tomography imaging was applied to determine and subsequently order the optimal allograft prosthesis in this individual patient and anatomical situation.

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Nov 10, 2012·European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery·Nawid KhaladjMaximilian Pichlmaier

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