A rare late complication following composite graft replacement of aortic root in a patient with Marfan syndrome: A case report and literature review

Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Lin, Hui Chun ^a   Kuo, Ching Hai ^a   Li, Jiun Yi ^a   Hou, Charles Jia Yin ^a   Chou, Yu San ^a   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite graft replacement; Coronary stenting; Left main coronary stenosis; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038351873     PISSN: 10167390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (21)

1. Pyeritz RE, Mcknsick VA. The Marfan syndrome: Diagnosis and management. N Engl J Med 1979; 300: 772-7.
2. Tsipoceress P, DelMastro R, Sarfarazi M, et al. Genetic linkage of Marfan syndrome, ectopia lentis and congenital contractural arachnodactyly to the fibrillin genes on chromosomes 15 and 5. N Engl J Med 1992; 326: 905-9.
3. Jeremy RW, Huang H, Hwa J, et al. Relation between age, arterial distensibility and aortic dilatation in Marfan syndrome. Am J Cardiol 1994; 74: 369-73.
4. Bentall HH, De Bono A. A technique for complete replacement of the ascending aorta. Thorax 1968; 23: 338-9.
5. Cabrol C, Pavie A, Candjbakhch I, et al. Complete replacement of the ascending aorta with reimplantation of coronary arteries: New surgical approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981; 81: 309-15.
6. Piehler JM, Pluth JR. Replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic valve with a composite graft in patients with nondisplaced coronary ostia. Ann Thorac Surg 1982; 33: 406-9.
7. Vincent L, Duke E, Diane E, et al. Aortic root replacement in 271 Marfan patients: a 24- year experiences Ann Thorac Surg 2002; 73: 438-43.
8. Mestres CA, Betriu A, Pomar JL. Occlusion of the coronary perfusion graft: an exceptional complication after reconstruction of the ascending aorta with the Cabrol technique. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989; 98: 302-3.
9. Shore J, Berger KR, Marphy E, et al. Progression of aortic dilatation and the benefit of long-term β-adrenergic blockade in Marfan syndrome. N Engl J Med 1994; 330: 1335-41.
10. Groenink M, Lohuis TA, Tijsen JG, et al. Survival and complication free survival in Marfan syndrome: Implications of current guidelines. Heart 1999; 82: 499-504.
11. Bateman AC, Gallagher PJ, Vincenti AC. Sudden death from coronary artery dissection. J Clin Pathol 1995; 48: 781-84.
12. Satoshi S, Tadaaki A, Keiji S, et al. Dacron coronary graft obstruction after composite graft replacement of aortic root. Ann Thora Surg 1995; 60: 1123-6.
13. Vincent JG. Dacron coronary graft obstruction after composite graft replacement of aortic root: An invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 1125-6.
14. O'Keefe JH, Hartzler GO, Rutherford BD, et al. Left main coronary angioplasty: Early and late results of 127 acute and elective procedures. Am J Cardiol 1989; 64: 144-7.
15. Fleisch M, Meier B. Left main coronary angioplasty: is the bastille of bypass surgery about to go down? Cathe Cardiovasc Diagn 1997; 41: 30-1.
16. Park SJ, Park SW, Hong MK, et al. Long-term (three-year) outcome after stenting of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in patients with normal left ventricular function. Am J Cardiol 2003; 91: 12-6.
17. Abhaichand R, Morice MC, Bonnet D, et al. Stent supported angioplasty for coronary arterial stenosis following the arterial switch operation. Cathe Cardiovasc Interven 2002; 56: 278-80.
18. Punamiya K, Bates ER, Shea MT, et al. Endoluminal stenting for unprotected left main stenosis in Takayasu's arteritis. Cathe Cardiovasc Diagn 1997; 40: 272-5.
19. Dake M, Kato N, Mitchell S, et al. Endovascular stent-graft placement for the treatment of acute aortic dissection. N Engl J Med 1999; 340: 1546-52.
20. Yamazaki F, Shimamoto M, Fujimata S, et al. Surgical treatment for cardiovascular lesions of patients with Marfan syndrome. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 50: 366-70.
21. Yoshida K, Yoshikawa K, Hozumi T, et al. Detection of left main coronary artery stenosis by transephageal color Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiography. Circulation 1990;81;1271-6.