Innovations : technology and techniques in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery
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Innovations (Phila) · Apr 2019
Comparative StudyIs Axillary Better Than Femoral Artery Cannulation in Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection?
We compared early and late outcomes of patients who underwent femoral versus axillary artery cannulation for repair of acute type A aortic dissection. ⋯ Based on our experience, emergent surgery for both stable and unstable patients with acute type A aortic dissection demonstrated similar survival rates and significantly less renal impairment when using the femoral cannulation approach.