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Successful treatment of aortic root dissection complicated with extensive myocardial infarction using the total
Tamer Attia1, Michael Robich1, A Michael Lincoff2
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Journal of Surgical Case Reports
|September 8, 2017
Abstract:
Acute Type A aortic dissection is a surgical emergency. Urgent repair is indicated to avoid complications such as acute aortic insufficiency, coronary ischemia and aortic rupture with cardiac tamponade. This report details the management of a patient with acute Type A aortic dissection complicated by an extensive anterolateral myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock who was successfully bridged to transplantation with a total artificial heart.
