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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Intimal tear resection and primary anastomosis of the aorta were used for the treatment of eight patients with DeBakey I and II type acute aortic dissection. Five patients were of DeBakey I type, and three patients were of the II type. Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation (AR) was observed in six of eight patients. The site of the intimal tear was diagnosed by intraoperative echocardiography, and the adventitia corresponding to the intimal tear was transversely opened under total cardiopulmonary bypass. While resuspension of the aortic valve was performed on only one of six patients, AR disappeared in four, postoperatively. Two of eight patients died early postoperatively. The cause of death was postoperative cardiac tamponade in one patient and cerebral herniation in the remaining one. The other six patients have been observed for a mean period of 27 months. There is no late death, and they show no dilatation of the aortic root and deterioration of AR. We believe that this operative method is a simple and safe emergency procedure for DeBakey I and II type acute aortic dissection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0886-0440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary anastomosis for acute ascending aortic dissection.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article