[Coronary Embolism Probably Caused by Surgical Glue after Operation for Acute Aortic Dissection;Report of a Case].

A 70-year-old female underwent an emergency replacement of the ascending aorta for acute aortic dissection. We used surgical adhesive BioGlue and teflon felt strips to reinforce the dissected aortic wall. On the 5th post operative day, electrocardiogram showed ischemic inverted T wave and the serum creatine phosphokinase level elevated without any symptoms such as chest pain or low blood pressure.

[Restenosis following descending aortic replacement for coarctation of the aorta; report of a case].

We report a case of a 44-year-old man with restenosis of coarctation of aorta (CoA). He had a history of descending aortic replacement for CoA using a graft 14 mm in diameter at 29 years ago. He had reoperation because of pressure gradient of 61 mmHg across the graft and intermittent claudication.

[Infectious endocarditis complicated with preoperative infectious intracranial aneurysm;report of a case].

A 44-year-old man was admitted with the diagnosis of active infective endocarditis( IE) due to Streptococcus mitis, complicated with infectious intracranial aneurysm. Preoperative echocardiography showed mobile vegetation on the mitral leaflet, size of which was 20 mm. The magnetic resonance imaging( MRI) demonstrated that the size of aneurysm was increasing, and infectious intracranial aneurysm was treated surgically.

[Graft replacement under percutaneous cardiopulmonary system for traumatic aortic rupture with multiple injuries].

We report a case of traumatic aortic rupture with multiple injuries. A 20-year-old man was transferred to our hospital. He was suffering from traumatic thoracic aortic rupture with multiple injuries (femoral fracture, pelvis fracture and so 4th) due to a traffic accident.

[Successful excision of a left ventricular fibroma in an adult patient; report of a case].

A 55-year-old man was referred with a diagnosis of a left ventricular thrombus. Echocardiography revealed that he had a thrombus in the free wall of the left ventricle. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, we removed the intramural tumor.

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with a left ventricular assist device.

We report a case of thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair in a 44-year-old man with end-stage heart failure requiring an extracorporeal left ventricular assist device (LVAD). At the age of 31 years, the patient experienced type B acute aortic dissection, which gradually dilated to a maximum dimension of 66 mm at the diaphragm. The aneurysm prevented the patient from meeting heart transplantation criteria.

Aortoiliac aneurysm with congenital right pelvic kidney.

The association of congenital pelvic kidney with abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm is an extremely rare clinical finding. Previous reports have described various methods of aneurysm repair with successful preservation of the function of pelvic kidney. However, to our knowledge, reconstruction of more than two renal arteries has not been established.

[Successful surgical case of DeBakey III b dissecting aortic aneurysm associated with right-sided aortic arch].

A 66-year-old man was admitted to our institute for surgical treatment of chronic dissecting aortic arch aneurysm with right-sided aortic arch which occurred 2 months previously. The size of the aortic arch aneurysm was larger than 6 cm. Total arch replacement using open stent grafting was performed through median sternotomy.

[Total aortic arch replacement for aortic aneurysm in a 91-year-old man: report of a case].

A 91-year-old man was transferred to our hospital because of severe chest pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed impending rupture of the true aneurysm of the aortic arch. The patient underwent emergent graft replacement of the total aortic arch.