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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:2121-2122
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Three-graft technique for ascending aorta and total aortic arch replacement

Gen-ya Yaginuma, MDa, Yoshiyuki Iijima, MDa, Kazuo Abe, MDa, Yoshiyuki Okada, MDa, Michitoshi Ottomo, MDa

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan

Accepted for publication June 22, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Yaginuma, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Sakura-cho 7-17, Yamagata city, Yamagata, 990-8520, Japan

We have developed a procedure for total aortic arch replacement using three separate Hemashield grafts and establishing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and continuous retrograde cerebral perfusion followed by antegrade cerebral perfusion. This method is technically simple and yields secure anastomoses.






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