Transapical aortic cannulation

Transapical aortic cannulation for acute aortic dissection with diffuse atherosclerosis.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery • Volume 123, Number 2 369 I n surgery for acute aortic dissection, the choice of appropriate arterial access for cardiopulmonary bypass is sometimes difficult because of dissection in large branches of the aorta. We report the efficacy of transapical aortic cannulation in acute type A aortic dissection in a patient with diffuse atherosclerotic...

Axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation as an alternative to femoral artery cannulation.

We present an experience with axillary artery and transapical aortic cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass according to our indication. We could simply achieve antegrade flow using the two methods with satisfactory result.

Transapical aortic prosthesis misplacement.

Early and mid-term results of transapical and right axillary artery cannulation for acute aortic dissection

BACKGROUND We combined transapical cannulation and right axillary artery cannulation in the repair of acute type A aortic dissection in order to reduce mortality and morbidity in the presence of risk of malperfusion. Early and midterm outcomes were evaluated. METHODS Between October 2009 and March 2012, 23 aortic dissection patients (age, 54.3 ± 13.5 years) received graft replacement using a ...

How I do it: transapical cannulation for acute type-A aortic dissection

Aortic dissection is the most frequently diagnosed lethal disease of the aorta. Half of all patients with acute type-A aortic dissection die within 48 hours of presentation. There is still debate as to the optimal site of arterial cannulation for establishing cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with type-A aortic dissection. Femoral artery cannulation with retrograde perfusion is the most common...