[Totally Endoscopic Surgery for the Left Atrial Myxoma and the Atrial Septal Defect:Report of a Case].

A 60-year-old woman was admitted to our institution for exertional dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a 1.6 cm secundum atrial septal defect( ASD) and a 4.

Endoscopic-assisted descending aortic replacement through a small intercostal incision: a case report.

Background: Descending aortic replacement often involves making large incisions; thus, it results in massive invasions. We report the case of a patient with dilated descending aorta treated using endoscopic-assisted descending aortic replacement with essentially minimal invasions.

Case Presentation: We performed endoscopic-assisted descending aortic replacement with a single incision involving six wounds by trocar puncturing on a 59-year-old man who was diagnosed with dilated descending aorta by stent graft-induced new entry.