title: [A case report of type A acute aortic dissection, which arose from true aneurysm in aortic arch].
abstract: A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of back pain. Examinations showed type A acute aortic dissection, which arose from true aneurysm in aortic arch, and emergency operation was considered. Deep hypothermic selective cerebral perfusion was carried out for brain protection. Ascending to aortic arch was replaced with 24 mm woven Dacron graft. There was no postoperative neurological complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinan General Hospital Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakagoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiranaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yagura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirakura
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans