Acute aortic dissection complicated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most fatal situation. We experienced the
successful treatment for acute type A aortic dissection complicated with inferior AMI following aortic valve replacement (AVR).
A 60-year-old man had had AVR for aortic regurgitation. Sixteen months after the AVR, he had a sudden onset of severe chest
pain with complete atrioventricular block. Immediately, temporary pacing and cardiac catheterization were conducted, showing
the occlusion of the right coronary artery due to acute type A aortic dissection. On his way to our hospital, direct current
shock was conducted 3 times for ventricular fibrillation. We replaced the ascending aorta combined with coronary artery bypass
grafting and the postoperative course was uneventful. The key to treat acute aortic dissection complicated with AMI is early
accurate diagnosis, prompt temporary pacing for bradycardia, defibrillation for lethal arrhythmia and insertion of a perfusion
catheter if possible. These preoperative hemodynamic stabilization gives us the chance to save these patients. 相似文献
Background. The “elephant trunk” technique, using a free-floating vascular prosthesis, was originally described to facilitate a subsequent operation on the downstream aorta. We developed an additional refinement of this technique, called the “bidirectional elephant trunk.” This option may represent an interesting tool in more complex aortic operations, especially when the descending aorta has to be replaced first in patients with concomitant pathology of the ascending aorta or of the aortic arch.
Methods. The initial operation is performed through a left thoracotomy. The proximal elephant trunk is created by invaginating the future aortic arch graft into the descending aortic graft. The proximal anastomosis between the doubled graft and the proximal descending aorta is performed first. During construction of the distal anastomosis, a distal elephant trunk may be inserted likewise. If the aortic arch and ascending aorta have to be replaced later, this second step is performed through a median sternotomy. The free-floating arch graft is pulled out of the proximal descending aorta with a nerve hook, unfolded, and used for total arch replacement.
Results. This technique was used successfully in 3 patients without mortality. No major complications were observed excepted persistent hoarseness in a patient with preoperative paresis of the recurrent nerve. No perfusion problems due to the unfolding of the free-floating graft occurred during the second operation.
Conclusions. The bidirectional elephant trunk technique is an interesting option that may be suitable for patients presenting with a complex pathology of the whole thoracic aorta when the descending segment has to be replaced first. 相似文献
To assess the reproducibility and image quality of immediate postgadolinium chelate spoiled gradient-echo MRI in demonstrating disease of the abdominal aorta. All patients (27 patients: 21 men, 6 women) with substantial disease of the abdominal aorta, who underwent abdominal MR examinations at 1.5 T between 1991 and 1995, were entered in the study. Patients were referred for evaluation of suspected aortic disease (14 patients) or other abdominal diseases (13 patients). Three experienced investigators manually measured luminal and external aortic wall diameters and rated image quality, definition of inner and outer walls, extent of disease, and presence of other abdominal abnormalities, in an independent fashion. A cardiovascular surgeon then rated all studies to determine whether clinical management could be based on the MR findings alone. There was 98 to 99% agreement in measurements of luminal and external wall diameter between the three investigators. Overall image quality was rated as good in 77.8 to 88.9% of patients. A total of 31 additional nonaortic abdominal abnormalities were detected by all observers. The cardiovascular surgeon rated 25 of 27 studies as adequate to determine clinical management based on MR findings alone. Immediate postgadolinium spoiled gradient-echo MRI is a reproducible technique for the demonstration of abdominal aortic disease and possesses good image quality. Advantages of this technique include simultaneous evaluation of other nonvascular diseases of the abdomen, short examination time, and easy implementation as part of routine abdominal MRI scanning protocol. 相似文献
Severe aortic regurgitation was discovered in a young man 21 days after blunt chest trauma and after a prolonged febrile state with positive blood cultures. Using transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE), it was possible to make the differential diagnosis between traumatic rupture and endocarditis as the cause of valvular insufficiency. The use of TEE in the initial evaluation of severe thoracic trauma with an unclear clinical picture is recommended. This method is easy to use at the bedside and gives precise information on the aortic valve and the ascending aorta. 相似文献
Based upon detailed dissections of the lymphatic system in adult cadavers, the lymphatic drainage of the gallbladder was divided
into three pathways: (1) The cholecystoretropancreatic pathway, which had two routes, one running spirally from the anterior
surface of the common bile duct to the right rear, and the other running almost straight down from the posterior surface of
the common bile duct. These routes converged at the principal retroportal node at the posterior surface of the head of the
pancreas. (2) The cholecysto-celiac pathway; this was the route running to the left through the hepatoduodenal ligament to
reach the celiac nodes. (3) The cholecysto-mesenteric pathway; this was the route running to the left in front of the portal
vein to connect with the nodes at the superior mesenteric root. The cholecysto-retropancreatic pathway can be regarded as
the main pathway, and the principal retroportal node appeared to be critical as the main terminal node in the visceral lymphatic
system of the gallbladder. These three pathways converged with the abdomino-aortic lymph nodes near the left renal vein, and
the nodes in the interaortico-caval space were considered to be of particular importance.
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