Tipo A disección aórtica después de una cirugía cardíaca no aórtica.

Olaf Stanger1, Thomas Schachner, Brigitta Gahl

  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne (Inselspital), Berne, Switzerland (O.S., B.G., L.E., T.C.); Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (T.S.); University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria (P.O.); Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria (M.T.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK (D.H., M.F.); Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vienna Medical University, Vienna, Austria (D.W.); University Cardiovascular Centre Freiburg-Bad Krotzingen, Freiburg, Germany (M.S., B.R.); Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK (M.N.S.); Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford University NHS Hospitals, Oxford, UK (M.P.); Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (J.B.); and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK (J.P.).

Circulation
|September 13, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

La cirugía cardíaca previa, especialmente el injerto de derivación de la arteria coronaria (CABG), aumenta la mortalidad operativa por disección aórtica tipo A (AAD). La angiografía preoperatoria y el manejo de la enfermedad coronaria mejoran los resultados en estos pacientes de alto riesgo.

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