| Autor: |
A, Mingoli, P, Sapienza, L, di Marzo, V, Sciacca, C, Burchi, A, Cavallaro |
| Rok vydání: |
1999 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery. 40(1) |
| ISSN: |
0021-9509 |
| Popis: |
The case of a 16-year old female with severe renovascular hypertension resulting from type-3 Takayasu's arteritis is reported. The entire thoracic and abdominal aorta was affected by an active inflammatory process and all its branches were stenotic or occluded. After the early failure of a percutaneous balloon angioplasty of the left renal artery, an iliac to renal artery bypass graft using a reversed autologous saphenous vein was performed through a retroperitoneal tunnel The patient is asymptomatic and the graft is patent at 10-year follow-up. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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