External aortic root support for the Marfan aorta: anatomically normal coronary orifices imaged seven years after surgery.

ABSTRACT: The occurrence of angina necessitated investigation of a patient seven years after an operation to protect his dilated Marfan aorta. The customized support, manufactured by a process of computer-aided design, had been fitted in May 2004 when the aortic root measured 49 mm. The magnetic resonance imaging appearances of the aorta remained unchanged over a postoperative period of 7 years and he remained completely well until he began to experience exercise-related angina in 2011. Coronary angiography showed the cause of angina to be an atherosclerotic left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis which was successfully stented. Aortography and coronary angiography performed at that time showed widely patent coronary orifices with no sign of impingement of the external support on the smoot

SUBMITTER: DiMario C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3422948 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature