title: Management of aortic dissection that involves the right coronary artery.
abstract: A report on the follow-up of 11 patients who suffered from aortic dissection involving the right coronary artery and who underwent surgical treatment is reported. In two patients, the left coronary ostia was also affected. In seven patients, the dissection was acute and in four, chronic. The ascending aorta was substituted by a Dacron graft in all patients, and right coronary artery saphenous vein bypass or Gore-Tex graft to the coronary ostia or right coronary artery was performed in nine, and reimplantation of both dissected coronary in two. There were three early postoperative deaths (27.3%) caused by low-output syndrome and myocardial infarction. There were two late deaths. The six surviving patients were followed-up from 78 to 96 months (mean 83 months). This experience suggests that although carrying a high risk, the involvement of the coronary ostia in aortic dissection can be successfully managed if made before irreversible complications arise.
authors.affiliation: Divisão Cirúrgica, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pêgo-Fernandes
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stolf
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hervoso
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jatene
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000628:therapy*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome