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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:251
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Letter to the Editor |
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lancisi Hospital–Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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To the Editor:
We read with interest the article by Orihashi and colleagues1
concerning axillary artery cannulation pitfalls. We present another possible drawback of axillary artery cannulation. A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the Department of Cardiac Surgery for a type A acute aortic dissection involving the innominate artery. After the usual cannulation of the right axillary artery, with a prosthetic side graft, and the right atrium, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was established with no perfusion problems. At 26°C core temperature, CPB was arrested
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