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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:229
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Ascending aortic cannulation in acute type A aortic dissection: Is intraoperative brachiocephalic malperfusion a possibility?

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa

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To the Editor:

I read with great interest the recent article by Dr Jakob and colleagues¹ detailing their pilot experience with direct cannulation of the ascending aorta in acute type A dissection (n = 8: 5 with preoperative cerebral malperfusion). Their method entailed primary venous exsanguination, cannulation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Heinz Jakob, Eva Assenmacher, Konstantinos Tsagakis, and Ulf Herold
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2008 135: 229-230. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]