title: Management of an innominate artery aneurysm during an open heart operation.
abstract: A 76-year-old woman was found to have a 4 x 2.5-cm saccular aneurysm at the origin of the innominate artery at the time of a reoperative open heart operation. The operative procedure was modified to include repair of the aneurysm with a Dacron patch. During the period of innominate artery occlusion, the patient was cooled to 25 degrees C and the mean arterial pressure was maintained at 90 mm Hg to maximize cerebral protection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Gaines
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Laub
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McGrath
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008722:Methods; D012086:Reoperation