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Full-root Aortic Valve Replacement by Stentless Aortic Xenografts in Patients with Small Aortic Roots
Published on: May 21, 2017
[Emergent surgical treatment of type A acute aortic dissection in an elderly patient]
J Nishizawa1, M Matsumoto, T Sugita
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan.
Abstract:
An 86-year-old man with severe chest pain and shock was transferred to our hospital. Computed tomography revealed type A aortic dissection with cardiac tamponade. He needed intubation and closed chest massage preoperatively. At operation, intrapericardial space was filled with clotted blood and rupture of the ascending aorta was confirmed. He underwent a successful emergency graft replacement of the ascending aorta. Postoperative course was uneventful except for mild hemianopsia due to cerebral infarction. He had recovered to be able to walk and is doing well.
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