Patient With Takayasu Arteritis Treated with the Ozaki Procedure and Ascending Aorta Replacement.

ABSTRACT

Due to the specific pathogenesis of Takayasu arteritis, complicated with aortic valve disease, surgical treatment always has been a difficult problem. We report a 26-year-old female patient with Takayasu arteritis who was treated with the Ozaki procedure for aortic valve disease and replacement of the ascending aorta with a straight synthetic graft. The surgery achieved satisfactory early results.