title: Aorto-pulmonary artery disruption following acute type-A aortic dissection repair with the use of BioGlue®.
abstract: We report an extremely rare complication of a delayed aorto-pulmonary artery wall disruption with false aneurysm formation after repair of acute type-A aortic dissection with BioGlue®. The potential role of BioGlue® in this complication is the subject of this report.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01107, USA. akalameddine@gmail.com
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alameddine
authors.forename: Victor K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Alimov
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rousou
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: C472676:Bio-glue; D011506:Proteins; D014014:Tissue Adhesives