title: Unusual cause of femorofemoral cardiopulmonary bypass failure.
abstract: A case of femorofemoral cardiopulmonary bypass failure in a patient undergoing an emergent operation because of acute aortic dissection is described. The importance of the accurate deduction of preoperative transesophageal echocardiography findings is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. gwozdziewicz@email.cz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gwozdziewicz
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nĕmec
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Troubil
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017211:Treatment Failure