Beating heart bentall procedure for late type A aortic dissection in a patient with in-situ bilateral mammary artery bypass grafts.
We report a case of a patient who had a type A aortic dissection after previous coronary bypass grafting. The in-situ right mammary artery had been anastomosed with the left anterior descending artery, the left mammary artery had been anastomosed to the obtuse marginal, and a vein graft had been used for the right coronary artery. All grafts were patent. The patients underwent a Bentall procedure on perfused heart.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Villa Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM hospitals for Care and Research, via Corriera 1, Cotignola, Lugo, RA, Italy. dellamore76@libero.it
Andrea
A
Dell'Amore
Corrado
C
Fedeli
Silvia
S
Zanoni
Alberto
A
Albertini
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors