
Alternative arterial cannulation site in acute aortic dissections
Author(s) -
Bosko Djukanovic,
Slobodan Mićović,
Petar Milačić,
Duško Nežić,
PS Milojevic,
Vladimir Ilić,
Miomir Jović,
Siniša Jagodić,
Petar Otašević,
Milan Vuković
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0804031d
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , cardiology , acute aortic syndrome , surgery , aorta
Acute aortic dissection is an urgent surgical disease. Often, due to hemodynamic instability, that is an indication for emergent surgical intervention. Majority of surgeons uses Femoral or Axillary artery as arterial inflow site forextracorporal circulation. Both approaches have disadvantages that potentially may cause devastating complications. Some of them have been described in literature such as inadequate flow on heart-lung machine, retrograde dissection and malperfusion syndrome.