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ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION AS A COMPLICATION OF CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY
Author(s) -
Subramaniam Peter,
Skillington Peter
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00793.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , ascending aorta , complication , surgery , aorta , dissection (medical) , coronary artery disease , cardiology , artery , cardiac surgery , blood pressure
Acute dissection of the ascending aorta is a rare, potentially fatal complication of cardiac surgery. During surgery patients with long‐standing hypertension and atheromatous arterial disease require careful handling and cannulation of the aorta and aggressive intra‐operative and postoperative management of aortic pressure. We present the successful treatment of a patient with acute aortic dissection following elective coronary artery surgery.