Acute type A aortic dissection: retrograde perfusion with left superior vena cava.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Brain
- Brain Ischemia
- Heart Arrest, Induced
- Intraoperative Complications
- Vena Cava, Superior