Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome

J Card Surg. 2011 May;26(3):304-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01224.x. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

Abstract

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently identified genetic complex characterized in part by rapidly progressive aortic and branch vessel disease. We now describe total aortic replacement using an open Extent II thoracoabdominal repair followed by second-stage redo-sternotomy for a valve-sparing aortic root replacement and hybrid aortic arch repair in a patient with this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Aortography / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / surgery*
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Young Adult