A Case of Proximal Descending Aortic Aneurysm with Floating Mural Thrombi Detected by Intraoperative Direct Echography / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

We treated a 62-year-old man with aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta (45mm: proximal, 60mm: distal). We evaluated the intima of the aorta by intraoperative direct echography using a small probe (finger tip size), which detected floating mural thrombi in the proximal descending aorta. Therefore we chose the proximal and distal open technique with retrograde cerebral circulation under deep hypothermia during graft replacement of the descending aorta. There was no complication during or after surgical treatment.