• J Card Surg · May 2006

    Case Reports

    Central cannulation through a standard left thoracotomy for surgery on the descending thoracic aorta.

    • James Kuo, Narain Moorjani, and Jonathan Unsworth-White.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
    • J Card Surg. 2006 May 1;21(3):267-8.

    AbstractSurgery on the descending thoracic aorta is often performed with hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass established via the femoral vessels. This, however, produces retrograde flow, which may potentially dislodge atheromatous debris from a diseased descending aorta or results in malperfusion due to cannulation of the false lumen in patients with descending aortic dissection. In view of this, we have described a technique of central cannulation of the ascending aorta and main pulmonary artery, established via a standard left thoracotomy, providing antegrade flow and limiting the cerebral ischemic time.

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