Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection Repair in a Double Lung Transplant Recipient

A 69-year-old man presented with a chronic Stanford Type A aortic dissection (CTAAD). The patient had undergone bilateral sequential lung transplantation 15 years prior for α-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

We describe the management of CTAAD in the context of lung transplantation from the surgical and anesthetic perspectives.