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A Novel Approach for Emergency Repair of Intraoperative Type A Aortic Dissection Through a Left Thoracotomy
Yuji Kawano1, Minoru Tabata1, Daisuke Nakatsuka1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 25, 2016
Abstract:
We observed a case of intraoperative type A dissection during open descending and thoracoabdominal aortic replacement. It is difficult to obtain optimal access to the ascending aorta and aortic root through a left thoracotomy. Transection of the pulmonary trunk provided excellent exposure of the ascending aorta and aortic root, and we successfully managed this devastating adverse event.

