title: [Surgical management for Stanford A aortic dissection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the surgical experience for Stanford A aortic dissection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-eight patients with Stanford A aortic dissection underwent surgery from March 1998 to October 2004, acute aortic dissection in 45 cases, chronic aortic dissection in 23 cases. The operation were performed by using moderate hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in 53 cases, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) and retrograde cerebral perfusion (RCP) in 11 cases; DHCA with antegrade selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) in 4 cases. Surgical procedures included ascending aortic grafting in 7 cases, ascending and hemiarch grafting in 6, ascending and total arch grafting in 3, ascending and total arch grafting with Frozen elephant trunk procedure in 4. Concomitant procedures included Bentall procedure in 34 cases, Wheat procedure in 12 cases, aortic valvuloplasty in 2 cases, mitral valvuloplasty in 1 cases. Urgent surgery was in 39 cases (emergency surgery in 19).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Operative mortality was 7% (urgent surgery mortality was 8%, elective surgery mortality was 7%). Fifty-eight cases were followed up for (37 +/- 22) months. Actuarial survival of 58 cases at 1, 3 and 5 years was 100%, 95% and 86% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The choice of surgical procedures depend on the location of intimal tear for Stanford A aortic dissection. Proper surgical indication, technique and brain protections are the key factors of Stanford A aortic dissection surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100029, China. zhengsihong1962@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Si-hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yan-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-tong
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jian-gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*