title: [Surgical treatment for acute type A aortic dissection].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the factors for clinical outcome of the surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection. From April 1996 to March 2006, 44 patients underwent emergency operation for acute type A dissection within 2 weeks from the onset. Resection of the intimal tear was performad with open distal anastomosis. The mean age was 63.4 (range 29-83) years, and 28 were female. As for their preoperative condition, 5 patients were in severe hemodynamic instability including cardiac arrest in 2, apnea in 1, and rupture in 4. Distal resection extended to ascending aorta in 24 patients (54.5%), hemiarch in 7 (15.9%), and total arch in 13 (29.5%). 30-day mortality was 4.5% and the incidence of stroke was 13.6%. Several methods were used including axillary artery cannulation and central repair with adventitial inversion technique. Patients with malperfusions caused by acute type A dissection should undergo immediate aortic reconstruction by adequate circulatory assisting methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome