Unusual modification of the cabrol shunt for control of hemorrhage in acute type a aortic dissection.
A patient with acute Type A dissection required complex root repair with composite graft. She developed life-threatening hemorrhage at the root of the aorta, which could not be controlled with usual measures. A modification of the original Cabrol shunt allowed for successful control of bleeding.
Panos
Anthony L
AL
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. apanos@med.miami.edu
Suarez
Maria
M
Salerno
Tomas A
TA
Ricci
Marco
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications