title: Ascending aortic cannulation in acute type a dissection repair.
abstract: Femoral and axillary cannulation for arterial inflow in acute type A aortic dissection are the most commonly used cannulation strategies in current practice. More recently, our group and others have successfully used a central cannulation technique with excellent results. Although this approach has been described, specific technical details have not been clearly defined. In addition, the ideal anatomic characteristics of different types of aortic dissections amenable to central cannulation have not been delineated. The purpose of this brief communication is to describe the technical and procedural details specific to cannulation of the dissected ascending aorta and to propose a classification scheme of ascending aortic dissection anatomy based on difficulty of central cannulation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. jwoo@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Alen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trubelja
authors.forename: Nimesh D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Wilson Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Szeto
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pochettino
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bavaria
authors.forename: Y Joseph
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies