A prebifurcated axillobifemoral polytetrafluoroethylene graft simplifies carotid to carotid to subclavian bypass

Abstract

The use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracic aortic disease will necessitate cervical debranching in cases involving the proximal arch. We have presented the case of a 57-year-old athletic woman who had developed a type A dissection that extended to the bilateral iliac arteries. After hemiarch repair, she underwent staged cervical debranching with carotid–carotid–subclavian bypass using a prebifurcated axillobifemoral graft and subsequent thoracic endovascular aortic repair. We have detailed her successful clinical course and described the benefits of using a prebifurcated graft for cervical debranching in hybrid repairs of aortic arch pathology.

Keywords

• Aortic arch debranching
• Carotid-carotid-subclavian bypass
• Hybrid aortic arch repair