Hornsby Whitney E, Weir William, Khaja Minhaj, Yang Bo
Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan 1;26(1):167-168. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx274.
Intraoperative Type A aortic dissection during cardiothoracic surgery is extremely rare, but the consequences can be fatal. We report 2 case summaries of retrograde intraoperative Type A aortic dissection from descending thoracic aortic injury during ascending aortic cannulation and provide a discussion on management.