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Management of visceral malperfusion complicated with acute type A aortic dissection

Thursday, September 17, 2015

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Source

Source Name: Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg

Source URL: http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/3/346.abstract

Author(s)

Satoshi Yamashiro, Ryoko Arakaki, Yuya Kise, Hitoshi Inafuku, and Yukio Kuniyoshi

Authors report on visceral malperfusion in a series of 121 patients with acute type A aortic dissection. They postulate that in case of severe visceral ischaemia, abdominal surgery should be performed first to avoid irreversible ischaemic damage caused by circulatory arrest required for aortic repair.