Contemporary utilization of the axillary artery in cardiac surgery.
Michael P RogersAnthony J DeSantisKristina GemayelSwaroop R BommareddiManuel Caceres PoloRobert L HookerPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Use of the axillary artery in select cardiac surgical cases is reliable, reproducible, and may be preferable in certain cases involving ascending aortic pathology, reoperative surgery, porcelain aorta, access for transcatheter valve therapies, and peripheral mechanical circulatory support.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- cardiac surgery
- pulmonary artery
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- aortic dissection
- left ventricular
- minimally invasive
- ultrasound guided
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- acute kidney injury
- coronary artery
- coronary artery bypass
- mitral valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- early stage
- squamous cell carcinoma
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction