title: Intermittent circulatory arrest for repairing postoperative mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta.
abstract: Postoperative mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta associated with mediastinitis is one of the most serious complications after cardiovascular surgery. Circulatory arrest is usually needed for repairing this lesion; it is likely that the procedure needs unpredictably prolonged arrest time due to uncontrollable bleeding or serious adhesion. With this reason we employed intermittent circulatory arrest instead. The purpose of this paper is to describe 2 cases which demonstrated the method of intermittent circulatory arrest for repairing postoperative mycotic pseudoaneurysm in the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiratsuka City Hospital, 1-19-1 Minamihara, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 254-0065, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misumi
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome