title: [Occlusion of a calcified ascending aorta with a Foley catheter in aortocoronary bypass--case report].
abstract: Heavily calcified ascending aorta predisposes to aortic injury and distal embolization during total or partial cross-clamping, during the performance of open-heart procedures. Placement of the arterial cannula may be particularly difficult, occasionally virtually impossible using the standard technique, while placing the clamp on such aorta may be extremely risky. We present a case where we have used a Foley-balloon catheter to occlude the densely calcified ascending aorta, during a aorta-coronary bypass procedure, thus completely avoiding the use of the total aortic clamp.
authors.affiliation: Institut za kardiovaskularne bolesti Dedinje, Medicinski fakultet u Beogradu.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nezić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perić
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huskić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nastasić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bojić
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003250:Constriction; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged