Creating an Arc-Shaped Aorta: Use of the Subclavian Artery for Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair Melchior Burri, MD, Jelena Kasnar-Samprec, MD, PhD, Julie Cleuziou, MD, Christian Nöbauer, MD, Manfred O. Vogt, MD, PhD, Rüdiger Lange, MD, PhD, Christian Schreiber, MD, PhD, Jürgen Hörer, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 2, Pages 648-652 (February 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.053 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Reconstruction of aortic arch with left subclavian artery. (A) The left subclavian artery is divided and longitudinally incised. (B) The subclavian artery is based as the posterior wall of the aortic arch before completion with patch. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 648-652DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Aortic angiogram after interrupted aortic arch repair in lateral view, after the subclavian flap technique (arc-shaped aorta). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 648-652DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Freedom from reintervention at the aortic arch. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 648-652DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions