title: Cardiopulmonary bypass via common carotid artery cannulation in redo sternotomy.
abstract: There are certain situations in redo cardiac surgery in adults where it may not be possible to use alternate arterial cannulation sites like the common femoral artery and axillary artery. We report a case where we established safe cardiopulmonary bypass with common carotid artery cannulation in an adult patient. The patient underwent aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation 8 months after repair of type A aortic dissection plus aortic valve resuspension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. sbhudia@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhudia
authors.forename: Hunaid A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Qamar
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Abid
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy