Acute type A aortic dissection: retrograde perfusion with left superior vena cava.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2000

Abstract

Retrograde cerebral perfusion with hypothermic circulatory arrest confers additional cerebral protection during repair of type A aortic dissection. We present a 42-year-old man with acute type A aortic dissection and a persistent, left superior vena cava. Cannulation of the right and left superior vena cava is used for retrograde perfusion of both hemispheres with bilateral monitoring of electroencephalogram and somatosensory-evoked potentials during and after the hypothermic circulatory arrest interval.

Volume

69

Issue

6

First Page

1940

Last Page

1941

ISSN

0003-4975

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

10892956

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article

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