[HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR-ascending aortic cannulation

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Mon Sep 17 21:13:54 EDT 2007


Roberto,

  I used the right axillary artery today on a Bentall.  He was a big guy, so I just placed the cannula via a guidewire through a pursestring.  His artery was quite deep with limited exposure.  I don't think I could have easily sewn a graft to the side of it.  He's doing well, though preop sleep apnea (on nightly BIPAP) precludes extubation until morning.



Hal


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Roberto Battellini <battr at medizin.uni-leipzig.de>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:32 am
Subject: AW: AW: [HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR-ascending aortic cannulation




Mr Bachet writes axillary artery in page 980, I have the article in my
ands.Again, EJCTS 2007, June
he second choice is mine, taken from Urbanski who uses left carotid as
irst choice.
oberto

----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
on: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] Im Auftrag von David Harris
esendet: Samstag, 15. September 2007 23:00
n: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
etreff: Re: AW: [HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR-ascending aortic
annulation
Did Dr Bachet not say on the HSF that his first choice
s innominate artery?
ave

-- "Dr. Roberto Battellini"
battr at medizin.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
> Please, read the comments of Dr Bachet in an
 editorial of the European jour
 Cardioth Surg 2007;31:979-81
 First choice. Axillary, second: carotid. Look also
 for Urbanski papers in
 JTCVS and Annals about carotid cannulation.
 Roberto
 
 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
 Von: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
 [mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] Im
 Auftrag von nand kejriwal
 Gesendet: Freitag, 14. September 2007 08:32
 An: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
 Betreff: Re: [HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR
 
 No Ani,
 
 I am not sure at all, because I have never used
 transapical.However, it
 should be quicker than femoral. The one advantage of
 femoral I find is that
 if the external massage is generating enough output,
 we do not have to
 discontinue it until we are on bypass.
 
 My understanding is that  the surgeons who use
 direct aortic cannulation do
 so under TOE guidance to make sure that the cannula
 is in the true lumen.
 Perhaps in a desperate situation, one would like to
 take a chance and hope
 that it won't malperfuse.
 
 Nand
 
 On 9/14/07, Ani Anyanwu <anianyanwu at hotmail.com>
 wrote:
 >
 > Nand
 >
 > Are you sure transapical is quickest? I would like
 to hear from surgeons
 > who actually use this approach in practice, but I
 doubt that it would
 truly
 > be the quickest for surgeons not experienced in
 its use. For what is
 already
 > a desperate tense situation, making an LV incision
 and guiding a cannula
 > into the aorta may not be as simple as it sounds.
 >
 > IMHO the quickest way if patient is in extemis or
 malperfusing is to
 > cannulate the dissection directly and as all
 surgeons are used to the
 > manouver of aortic cannulation they should be able
 to effect it even in
 > emergency. Several groups use direct cannulation
 for all dissections and
 > from what I understand it does not matter whether
 the cannula ends up in
 > true or false lumen provided the patient foes not
 malperfuse (had one last
 > year where on opening the cannula tip was clearly
 in false lumen but the
 > patient perfused okay).
 >
 > Ani
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:43:45 +1200> From:
 nkkejriwal at gmail.com> To:
 > OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> Subject: Re: [HSF]
 Aortic dissection and
 > CPR> CC: > > We had two patients in the unit who
 arrested before reaching
 > the OR. None of> them survived the repair.
 Recently, I had another case
 who
 > arrested while> being transferred to theatre. He
 was intubated and CPR
 > continued. My initial> plan was to establish
 bypass through femoral
 vessels
 > while someone else was> massaging. However even
 external massage was not
 > producing enough pressure> and this had been going
 on for over 10 minutes.
 > TEE revealed pericardium> full of blood with empty
 heart. I did not
 > proceed.> > John> > I agree that the quickest way
 to institute bypass
 would
 > be transapical. What> cannula do you use?> Nand> >
 On 9/11/07,
 > jbflegejr at aol.com <jbflegejr at aol.com> wrote:> >> >
 I have had salvage of
 > two patients who ruptured while on the operating>
 > table as they were
 > prepared for anesthesia. They had not been
 induced> > completely but we
 > opened there sternum anyway. One had femoral
 artery> > cannulation by a
 > colleague, the other I cannulated through the> >
 ascending aorta as
 recently
 > described by Curt Tribble. Both had no> >
 neurologic sequale. In one
 during
 > the excitement I made the disal> > anastamosis a
 bit tight in effect
 causing
 > an ascending aortic> > coarctation and he got
 hemoytic anemia from
 > intraluminal felt and a> > year or so later I
 resected the area. If I
 > encounter another case> > needing immediate
 cannulation, I will cannulate
 > the ascending aorta> > through the LV apex which
 is quick and works well.
 I
 > had another> > patient who presented in the ER in
 shock and with
 hyperacute
 > ischemic> > ECG changes across the anterior leads.
 He had been worked up
 and
 > a> > diagnosis of ascending aortic aneurysm and
 aortic insufficiency and>
 >
 > normal coronary arteries established and operation
 scheduled for the> >
 day
 > after Christmas but he came back the day before
 Christmas and went> >
 > straight to the OR. He had a Type A dissection
 extending into and> >
 > obstructing the Left coronary. I replaced the
 ascending aorta which> >
 > relieved the coronary obstruction and replaced the
 valve with a> >
 > Starr-Edwards valve. This was 35 years ago. About
 25 years post op he> >
 had
 > a CT scan for some reason and the radiologist saw
 that he had an> > aortic
 > dissection down to the femorals and got rather
 excited about it> > and
 sent
 > me the films. I did not recommend treatment. In
 modern times> > this kind
 of
 > patient would have an aortic root replacement.
 John Flege> >> >> >
 > -----Original Message-----> > From:
 tdmartin2000 at aol.com> > To:
 > OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> > Sent: Mon, 10 Sep
 2007 9:06 pm> >
 > Subject: Re: [HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR> >>
 >> >> >> >> >> > Most of
 > these pts with sudden deterioration have rupture
 into their> >
 pericardium>
 > > and are not salvageable. I have attempted on
 multiple occasions and> >
 > have had 2> > that we got out of the OR only to
 have anoxic cerebral
 deaths.
 > If they> > have> > tamponade, CPR does no good, as
 you cannot fill. One of
 > the ones we got> > out of> > the OR actually had
 arrest right after
 > induction of anesthesia and we> > were on> > pump
 in under 10 min.> >> >>
 >>
 > > Tom Martin> >> > U of Florida> >> > Gainesville>
 >> >> > -----Original
 > Message-----> > From: james le
 <jamesle2007 at yahoo.com>> > To:
 > OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> > Sent: Mon, 10 Sep
 2007 6:35 am> >
 > Subject: [HSF] Aortic dissection and CPR> >> >> >>
 >> > We recently had a
 > case of Aortic dissection transferred from some> >
 other> > hospital for
 > surgery. He had dissection aorta involving the
 entire> > aorta along> >> >
 > with severe AR.> > On arrival BP was 90 systolic,
 all pulses palpable and
 > there> > was no> > neurological deficit> > At ER
 he suddenly developed
 > severe Bradycardia and arrested and> >
 resuscitation was unsuccessful. TEE
 > done after death showed only> > small amount> > of
 pericardial
 collection.>
 
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