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Aortic dissection repair with GRF glue complicated by heart block
U O Von Oppell1, D Chimuka, J G Brink
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Gelatin-resorcin-formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde (GRF) biologic glue is an available adjunct to repair acute ascending aortic dissections. Permanent complete heart block complicated the operative repair of 2 of 6 patients. The pathophysiology of heart block resulting from either the acute dissecting process or the technique of applying GRF glue is discussed.