Place of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute aortic dissection

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Nov;11(5):708-10. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.245167. Epub 2010 Aug 13.

Abstract

Coronary artery dissection (CAD) is a rare but serious complication of type A aortic dissection (AD) which may be discovered preoperatively in the presence of clinical or ECG signs of ischemia, or intraoperatively after dissection of the coronary ostium. Treatment of CAD consists of surgical repair with glue and, if necessary, coronary artery bypass graft. No case of AD with CAD complicated by major arrhythmias treated by assisted circulation has been reported in the literature. We report the first case of AD with implementation of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation following cardiotomy with a favorable outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / physiopathology
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / physiopathology
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Aortography / methods
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology
  • Coronary Aneurysm / physiopathology
  • Coronary Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest, Induced
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome