Botta L, Suarez S M, Dell'Amore A, Grigioni F, Arpesella G, Di Bartolomeo R, Marinelli G
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Transplant Proc. 2007 Jun;39(5):1573-4. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.11.007.
Aortic complications are uncommon in cardiac allograft recipients. Primary acute aortic rupture is an extremely rare and dramatic event that can occur in the early phase after transplantation. In this article we describe a case of acute intraoperative rupture of the donor aorta just after aortic declamping during orthotopic cardiac transplantation procedure, successfully treated with a Bentall-De Bono operation.
