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Aorto‐Pulmonary Artery Disruption Following Acute Type‐A Aortic Dissection Repair with the Use of BioGlue ®
Author(s) -
Alameddine Abdallah,
Alimov Victor K.,
Rousou John A.,
Freeman Jonathan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01441.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , complication , dissection (medical) , surgery , aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , aortic repair , pulmonary artery , cardiology , aorta
We report an extremely rare complication of a delayed aorto‐pulmonary artery wall disruption with false aneurysm formation after repair of acute type‐A aortic dissection with BioGlue®. The potential role of BioGlue® in this complication is the subject of this report. (J Card Surg 2012;27:371‐373)