Emergency repair has been successfully performed in acute type A aortic dissection complicated by cerebral malperfusion. Despite the lack of criteria to define irreversible brain damage, immediate surgery is often denied in case of stroke or coma. We report two patients presenting with coma and altered brainstem reflexes shortly after onset of aortic dissection, in whom aortic repair was successfully undertaken.
Recovery of severe neurological dysfunction after restoration of cerebral blood flow in acute aortic dissection / M. Pocar, D. Passolunghi, A. Moneta, F. Donatelli. - In: INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1569-9293. - 10:5(2010 May), pp. 839-842.
Recovery of severe neurological dysfunction after restoration of cerebral blood flow in acute aortic dissection
M. PocarPrimo
;D. PassolunghiSecondo
;F. DonatelliUltimo
2010
Abstract
Emergency repair has been successfully performed in acute type A aortic dissection complicated by cerebral malperfusion. Despite the lack of criteria to define irreversible brain damage, immediate surgery is often denied in case of stroke or coma. We report two patients presenting with coma and altered brainstem reflexes shortly after onset of aortic dissection, in whom aortic repair was successfully undertaken.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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