The treatment of chronic thoracoabdominal aortic dissection aneurysm remains a major challenge in aortic surgery. Open surgery is the mainstream treatment at present. New devices for endovascular treatment of chronic thoracoabdominal aortic dissection are gradually applied in clinical practice. The hybrid procedure is a combination of open and endovascular procedures. The appropriate treatment should be selected according to the patient's age, anatomy, genetic aortic disease, and comorbidities.
The diameter of the giant coronary artery aneurysm is at least 4 times bigger than that of the normal coronary artery and 2-3 times bigger than that of the normal coronary artery aneurysm. Giant coronary artery aneurysm is rare in clinic with a reported morbidity which is less than 0.3%. Just like ordinary coronary artery aneurysm, coronary artery atherosclerosis is the main cause of the giant coronary artery aneurysm. Most giant coronary artery aneurysms are asymptomatic, but some patients may have heart-related clinical emergency in short term and may have thrombosis which can lead to embolism and fistula which can cause rupture in long term. Surgical treatment is the first chioce for giant coronary artery aneurysm now. However, the interventional therapy will also be an important way to treat the disease in the future. In this article, we review the diagnosis, clinical manifestation, treatment and other aspects of giant coronary artery aneurysm as follows.
ObjectiveTo explore the risk factors for cerebral thrombosis due to interventional embolization of intracranial aneurysms.MethodsThe clinical data of 240 patients with intracranial aneurysms treated by interventional embolization in Department of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University between January 2015 and December 2019 were collected retrospectively. According to whether cerebral thrombosis occurred after embolization, the patients were divided into the cerebral thrombosis group and the non-cerebral thrombosis group. Univariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the independent risk factors for cerebral thrombosis due to interventional embolization of intracranial aneurysms.ResultsOf the 240 patients, 55 (22.9%) had postoperative cerebral thrombosis confirmed by MRI, and 15 (6.2%) had neurological symptoms. There were significant differences in age, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, operative duration, and procedure methods (simple coiling, balloon or stent-assisted coiling) between the cerebral thrombosis group and the non-cerebral thrombosis group after embolization of intracranial aneurysms (P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that only operative duration [odds ratio=1.036, 95% confidence interval (1.018, 1.054), P<0.001] was the independent risk factor for cerebral thrombosis after interventional embolization of aneurysms.ConclusionsOperative duration is the independent and adjustable risk factor for cerebral thrombosis after embolization of intracranial aneurysms. Improving the surgical skills of neurointerventional surgeons and shortening the procedure time will be helpful to reduce the occurrence of cerebral thrombosis after interventional treatment of aneurysms and improve the prognosis of patients.
Objective To evaluate surgical treatment of infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm. Methods The data on surgical treatment of 45 patients with infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm admitted from January 2003 to June 2008 were analyzed retrospectively. Fourty-three patients underwent operative treatment including excision of infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm, exhaustive debridement and bypass graft with vascular prosthesis. Two patients were unavoidable to undergo removing of infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm and ligating the proximal and distal artery of pseudoaneurysm because of severe infection and large volume. Results The patients were followed up from 3 to 12 months (mean 7.82 months). The limbs of all the patients underwent bypass graft with vascular prosthesis were salvaged successfully, patients of which had secondary wound healing and had not intermittent lameness. One of two patients performed ligation of artery was salvaged successfully but had severe intermittent lameness, another patient underwent high amputation above knee because of ischemic gangrene. Conclusion For infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm, the operative treatment including excision of infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm, exhaustive debridement and bypass graft with vascular prosthesis is effective and safe.
Abstract: Objective To investigate changes of left ventricularregional systolic function after surgical treatment of left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) by realtime threedimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE). Methods From February 2009 to February 2010, 14 consecutive patients who were diagnosed to have coronary artery diseases with LVA underwent surgical repair and coronary artery bypass grafting (LVA group) in our hospital. All patients of the LVA group were followed up for a mean period of 4 months. Twodimensional echocardiography (2DE) and RT-3DE were performed before operation and during the follow-up. Left ventricular regional ejection fraction (EF) was acquired by Qlab software analysis. At the same time, 12 healthy persons were included as controls (control group). Statistical analyses were carried out to compare left ventricular regional EF between the LVA group (before operation and 4 months after operation) and the control group. Results Contrary to the control group, preoperative regional EF of the LVA group increased from apex to base. In addition to the inferior basal segment, lateralinferior basal segment and anteriorinferior basal segment, regional EF in the remaining 14 segments were significantly lower than that of the control group (P＜0.05). At postoperative followup, regional EF recovered the increase from base to apex, and there was no significant difference between anteriorinferior segment and lateral segment regional EF of the LVA group and those of the control group (P＞0.05), while regional EF of other segments in the LVA group was lower than that in the control group (P＜0.05). Conclusion RT-3DE is an effective method to assess left ventricular regional systolic function in patients with LVA. After LVA repair and coronary artery bypass grafting, regional systolic function will restore to the normal direction of progressive increase, and some nonaneurysm segments systolic function will go back to normal.
ObjectiveTo explore the ultrasonic morphological indexes influencing the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided thrombin injection (UGTI) in the treatment of iatrogenic femoral artey pseudoaneury (IFAP).MethodsThe patients with IFAP treated by UGTI in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2015 to 2017 were collected according to the inclusion criteria. The demographic data, comorbidities, clinical symptoms, ultrasonic morphological parameters, thrombin dosage, and postoperative complications were analyzed. The risk factors of technical success of UGTI were analyzed by logistic regression analysis. The technical success was defined as absence of flow within the FAP immediately after UGTI. ResultsA total of 53 patients who met the criteria of inclusion were included in this study. The technical and treatment success rates of UGTI were 84.9% (45/53) and 96.2% (51/53), respectively. No deep venous thrombosis, arterial thromboembolism, infection, bleeding, allergy, and other complications or death occurred in all patients. There were no statistical differences in the age, clinical symptoms, comorbidities (except hypertension, P=0.040), ultrasonic morphological parameters (except femoral artery diameter, P<0.001), and thrombin dosage between the patients with technical success and failure (P>0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the smaller femoral artery diameter was the risk factor of the technical failure [OR=0.350, 95%CI (0.165, 0.743), P=0.006]. Further adjustment of thebaseline data of patients (excluding patients with hypertension), the logistic regression analysis still found that smaller femoral artery diameter was the risk factor of the technical failure [OR=0.419, 95%CI (0.205, 0.860), P=0.018].ConclusionsUGTI in treatment of IFAP is minimally invasive and has a higher technical success rate. Smaller femoral artery diameter might affect technical success rate of UGTI.
Objective To investigate the clinical effects and the brain protection effect of different cardiopulmonary bypass in treating descending aortic aneurysms. Methods From January 2001 to December 2008, 65 patients were diagnosed to have descending aortic aneurysm with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in our hospital. Among them, there were 56 males and 9 females whose age was between 15 and 71 years old with an average of 48.1 years. The disease process ranged from 6 days to 4 months (19.0±6.5 d ). Preoperative diagnosis showed that there were 41 cases of DeBakey type Ⅲinterlayer, 9 cases of Marfan syndrome with postoperative complications of type Ⅲ interlayer, 7 cases of pseudoaneurysm and 8 cases of true aneurysm. We adopted artificial blood vessel repair patch to repair the damaged point of the descending aorta in 2 cases, performed vascular aneurysm resection and artificial vessel replacement on 63 patients, and carried out descending aorta replacement and intercostal artery grafting in 18 cases. Results Among the 65 cases of cardiopulmonary bypass patients, there were 13 cases of left heart bypass, 12 cases of heart bypass, 30 cases of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) with total body retrograde perfusion (TBRP) and 10 cases of modified separate perfusion of upper and low body. Cardiopulmonary bypass time, DHCA time, retrograde perfusion time, upper body circulatory arrest time and low body circulatory arrest time were respectively 51-212 min, 18-75min, 18-73 min, 21-31 min, and 39-67 min. No death occurred during the operation, and there were no brain complications or complications of paralysis among all the patients. Two patients died after operation because of renal failure. Conclusion Good results can be achieved by selecting different method of cardiopulmonary bypass based on the anatomical location and range of the thoracic descending aortic aneurysms. The selection criteria should be favorable to the surgical operation and organ protection.
Objective To introduce alternative approach of right auxiliary artery cannulation through a 8 mm hemoshield graft for cardiopulmonary bypass and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion. Methods Twentythree cases of acute type A dissection and 7 cases of ascending aortic aneurysm, in which aortic arch was involved, were evaluated. An 4-5 cm long incision beneath right clavicle was made to expose auxiliary artery with auxiliary vein and brachial plexus intact. An 8 mm hemoshield graft was anastomosed to auxiliary artery and connected to the arterial end of cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. The auxiliary artery cannula was used for arterial perfusion and also used for selective antegrade cerebral perfusion. Fifteen total arch and 15 semi-total arch replacement were performed. The graft connecting auxiliary artery was simply ligated when cardiopulmonary bypass was concluded. Results Arterial perfusion flow and pressure through auxiliary artery were not significantly different from that of cannulation via ascending aorta. No significant postoperative cerebral deficits and complications of right upper limb associated with cannulation of auxiliary artery occurred. Conclusion Arterial perfusion through right auxiliary artery provides an excellent approach for surgery of acute type A dissection and ascending aortic aneurysm with optimized body perfusion and allows for antegrade cerebral perfusion during circulatory arrest.
ObjectiveTo analyze clinical outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without concomitant surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) for patients with coronary artery disease (CHD) and left ventricular aneurysm (LVA).
MethodsA total of 105 patients with CHD and LVA underwent surgical treatment in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital from January 2008 to December 2012. Among them,74 patients were found to have no clear boundary LVA,poor wall motion or no obvious contradictory wall motion during surgical exploration,and didn't received SVR,including 59 male and 15 female patients with their age of 60.96±9.09 years. Coronary angiography showed 5 patients with single-vessel disease,10 patients with double-vessel disease,45 patients with triple-vessel disease,and 14 patients with left main and triple vessel disease. Intraoperative findings showed no clear boundary LVA in 30 patients,apical thinning without obvious LVA in 29 patients,LVA without obvious contradictory wall motion but thickening of the apex in 15 patients. All the 74 patients received CABG including 62 patients undergoing on-pump CABG and 12 patients undergoing off-pump CABG. Seventy patients received left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending anastomosis,and 2 patients received endarterectomy of the left anterior descending coronary artery. For moderate to severe mitral regurgitation,3 patients received concomitant mitral valvuloplasty,and 2 patients received concomitant mitral valve replacement. One patient received concomitant aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.
ResultsPostoperatively,2 patients (2.7%) died of malignant arrhythmia and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy respectively. Six patients received intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support for low cardiac output syndrome,perioperative myocardial infarction and malignant arrhythmias. Seventy patients were followed up after discharge for 24-60 (43±12) months. During follow-up,left ventricular thrombus was found in 8 patients,disappeared within 1 year after warfarin treatment in 5 patients,and no thromboembolic event happened. Echocardiogram showed that LVA disappeared in 18 patients (25.7%). Ejection fraction (EF) at discharge,6 months and 1 years after discharge were significantly higher than preoperative EF (EF at 6 months after discharge versus preoperative EF:44%±6% vs. 39%±5%). Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD,LVEDD at 6 months after discharge versus preoperative LVEDD:54.37±6.28 mm vs. 59.24±6.24 mm) and left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD) were significantly reduced compared with preoperative values (P<0.01). But as time went by,LVEDD and LVESD gradually became larger than those values at discharge.
ConclusionFor patients with CHD and LVA,CABG without SVR,which is decided according to actual surgical exploration,can significantly improve postoperative EF,LVEDD and LVESD,but left ventricular enlargement may happen progressively after discharge.
Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA). Methods Between January 1996 and December 2009, 14 patients with RAAA were treated. There were 13 males and 1 female with an average age of 65 years (range, 50-82 years). The main cl inical manifestations were abdominal pain and/or back pain. Ten cases had low blood pressure or shock. All cases were accurately diagnosed with CT, Doppler ultrasonography,or operation. The aneurysm diameter was from 4.5 cm to 8.0 cm. Eleven cases were treated by conventional operation, 1 by endovascular aortic repair, 1 by conservative treatment, and 1 case died after admission treatment. Results Perioperative death occurred in 6 cases (mortal ity rate was 50%) in 12 surgical patients. One case died after conservative treatment. The overall mortal ity rate was 57.14% (8/14). The causes of death included circulatory failure in 2 cases and multiple organ failure in 4 cases. The other 6 cases were cured. The postoperative hospital ization days were 12 to 34 days (14 days on average). A total of 4 cases were followed up 11 to 40 months without related compl ication. Conclusion Surgical treatment is still a main method to treat RAAA. Early diagnosis, appropriate resuscitation, and urgent surgical repair are crucial to reduce the mortal ity rate of RAAA.
