A complication with the use of a centrifugal pump during thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery.
Centrifugal pumps used to enable atrio-femoral bypass may trigger a change in intra-cardiac shunt flow and increase the risk of morbidity and mortality.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial