Subclavian carotid transposition: immediate and long-term outcomes of 126 surgical reconstructions.

Background: Subclavian carotid transposition (SCT) is a safe, effective, and durable treatment in atherosclerotic disease of the proximal subclavian artery. We report about our experience in SCT in a retrospective study with a long-term outcome in 126 cases and discuss our results with the current literature.

Methods: From January 1995 to December 2013, we treated 126 patients (51 men, 75 women; mean age, 60.

Reconstruction of the fibrous trigone.

A 48-year-old man with a history of infective endocarditis and severe aortic regurgitation had undergone prosthetic aortic valve replacement at another institution. Two months later, the patient developed prosthetic valve endocarditis with an aortic root abscess and an aorto-left atrial periprosthetic valvular fistula through the detached posterior annulus of the mitral valve. We repaired the fistula by constructing a fibrous trigone made of bovine pericardium.