Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-022-01928-1
Keywords
Type A aortic dissection; Axillary artery; Femoral artery; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cannulation
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- CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) [2020-I2M-C T-B-059]
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This article presents a rare case of left axillary arterial cannulation for type A aortic dissection surgery. Left axillary cannulation is a safe and effective choice when right axillary and femoral cannulation are not safe and reliable.
The most commonly used arterial cannulation sites for type A aortic dissection are right axillary artery, femoral artery and both. Direct central aortic cannulation has also been reported. In rare cases, it is extremely difficult to choose an arterial cannulation site for type A aortic dissection due to involvement of the right axillary and both femoral arteries. Herein, we present a 39-year-old male with acute type A aortic dissection with involvement of the right axillary and both femoral arteries. Left axillary cannulation was made and selective cerebral perfusion was performed through direct left common carotid artery cannulation during circulatory arrest. Surgery was performed to replace the ascending aorta and total arch combined with a frozen elephant trunk implantation. The patient recovered uneventfully. To our knowledge, this is a rare case of total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk implantation through left axillary arterial cannulation for type A aortic dissection in the literature. Left axillary cannulation is a safe and useful choice for type A aortic dissection surgery when right axillary and femoral cannulation are not safe and reliable.
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