Porcelain aorta: A surgical dilemma in orthotopic heart transplantation.
Olimpia BifulcoEmma BergonzoniAssunta FabozzoMaurizio RubinoMarny FedrigoGiuseppe ToscanoGino GerosaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
The use of hypothermic circulatory arrest technique with selective cerebral perfusion for aortic replacement, followed by vascular graft clamping to favour cardiac allograft implantation, could be considered a winning combination to guarantee procedural success and to reduce perioperative complications.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- left ventricular
- aortic dissection
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- patients undergoing
- cardiac surgery
- coronary artery
- cell cycle
- risk factors
- contrast enhanced
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- pulmonary hypertension
- kidney transplantation
- cerebral ischemia
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- heart failure
- brain injury
- magnetic resonance imaging
- atrial fibrillation
- cerebral blood flow
- blood brain barrier