Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 903-906, October 2009

Hybrid endovascular treatment of aneurysm degeneration in a rare right-aortic arch anomaly with Kommerell diverticulum

  • Paolo Frigatti, MD
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  • Franco Grego, MD
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  • Giovanni P. Deriu, MD
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  • Sandro Lepidi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Sandro Lepidi, MD, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy

Received 11 March 2009; accepted 24 April 2009. published online 06 July 2009.

We present a hybrid endovascular approach to a 6.5-cm aneurysm of the right-sided aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery arising from a Kommerell diverticulum, connected to the left pulmonary artery through the ligamentum arteriosum. The two-step procedure consisted of a bilateral carotid-subclavian bypass, followed by an ascending aorta-bicarotid bypass and completed by an endovascular exclusion of the aneurysms by covering the whole aortic arch and its branches. The patient had no complications and is asymptomatic 21 months after surgery. Hybrid procedures may be helpful in complex aortic arch pathologies, reducing complications of challenging open surgery.

 

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01002-7

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.04.065

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 903-906, October 2009