Outflow switch technique during the left heart bypass to prevent the distal embolization in the distal aortic arch surgery

Shiro Sasaguri; Hideaki Nishimori; Atsushi Hata; Takeshi Fukutomi

doi:10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00097-X

Outflow switch technique during the left heart bypass to prevent the distal embolization in the distal aortic arch surgery

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2003 Mar;2(1):40-2. doi: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00097-X.

Authors

Shiro Sasaguri¹, Hideaki Nishimori, Atsushi Hata, Takeshi Fukutomi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery II, Kochi Medical School, Okoh, Nankoku city, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. sasaguri@kochi-ms.ac.jp

PMID: 17669984
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(02)00097-X

Abstract

Aortic cross-clamping has the risk of inducing the postoperative embolization including the stroke during the repair of distal aortic arch with the use of left heart bypass. In this paper, we present a modified technique to reduce the embolization by switching the outflow of the left heart bypass from left atrium to the side branch of the inserted graft.