SUCCESSFUL RESECTION OF THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSMS IN WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME

Authors
VANSON JAM OMARCAIGH AS EDWARDS WD JULSRUD PR DANIELSON GK
Citation
Jam. Vanson et al., SUCCESSFUL RESECTION OF THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSMS IN WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 60(3), 1995, pp. 685-687
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
685 - 687
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1995)60:3<685:SROTAI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A 23-year-old man with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, chronic aortitis, and severe aneurysmal dilatation of the thoracic aorta successfully under went two-stage graft replacement of the ascending and descending thora cic aorta. Nine years postoperatively, he is asymptomatic and employed full time.