Surgical treatment of chronic type A aortic dissection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Abstract

Surgical treatment of aortic dissection is a challenge for the cardiac surgeon, especially in patients undergoing cardiac operations. Our objective in this case report is to demonstrate how we treat the chronic type A aortic dissection in patients revascularized using percutaneous arterial and venous cannulae.

Extracorporeal circulation; Myocardial revascularization; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Aortic aneurysm