title: Brachiocephalic trunk partial clamping for total ascending aorta replacement without circulatory arrest.
abstract: In patients without aortic arch calcification, elective total ascending aorta replacement can be performed without circulatory arrest, by positioning obliquely a clamp from the brachiocephalic trunk, which is partially clamped, to the distal aortic arch. This technique was used in 8 consecutive patients in the first 3 months of 2002. None of them experienced any complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, G. D'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy. calafiore@unich.it
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Calafiore
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments