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Anesth Analg 2003;97:1254-1266
© 2003 International Anesthesia Research Society

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Diagnosis of an Intraoperative Aortic Dissection by Transesophageal Echocardiography During Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Dominic J. Cottrell, MD, E. Stuart Cornett, MD, Marc S. Seifer, MD, Edward H. Kincaid, MD, and David A. Zvara, MD

Departments of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Address correspondence to David A. Zvara, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157–1009. Address email to dzvara{at}wfubmc.edu

Acute aortic dissection during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), though rare, causes significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case of postcardiopulmonary bypass aortic dissection in a 73-yr-old man who presented for CABG. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography and allowed immediate treatment of the potentially lethal complication.

IMPLICATIONS: Acute aortic dissection during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), though rare causes frequent morbidity and mortality. We report a case of postcardiopulmonary bypass aortic dissection in a 73-yr-old man who presented for CABG. Diagnosis made by transesophageal echocardiography allowed immediate treatment of the potentially lethal complication.






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