title: [Perioperative management for type A acute aortic dissection].
abstract: Twenty nine cases of type A acute aortic dissection were subjected to a retrospective study concerning perioperative management. Two keys pointed out for the management were as follow; (1) An optimal control of blood pressure is the most important measure to avoid advance of aortic dissection or rupture of dissecting aneurysm. Both pericardiac tamponade and aortic valve insufficiency should be taken care of from their onset, since they are often complicated after aortic dissections and their onset is fatal. (2) Separated brain perfusion and profound hypothermia with total circulatory arrest might involve a high risk of inducing postoperative brain damage and mortality, especially for old patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Akane-kai Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horibe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanyu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies