Early type A dissection with the aortic connector device.
A 75-year-old woman who had suffered type B dissection had coronary artery bypass grafting surgery using a mechanical aortic connector. Four days after the operation, she had a sudden syncope. CT demonstrated type A dissection, and an emergency operation was done, and postoperative course was uneventful. This case demonstrates that this connector should be used carefully in patients with a history of type B dissection.
Okada
Kenji
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. kokada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sueda
Taijiro
T
Orihashi
Kazumasa
K
Imai
Katsuhiko
K
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed