Novel Percutaneous Treatment of Cerebral Malperfusion Before Surgery for Acute Type A Dissection.

Heran, Manraj K S; Balaji, Nikita; Cook, Richard C · Ann Thorac Surg · 2019

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present the first known application of preoperative percutaneous management of cerebral malperfusion in a patient with acute near-total occlusion of the right common carotid artery with left hemiplegia complicating an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection.

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