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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:2298-2300
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Surgical Approach in Massive Intraoperative Atherosclerotic Embolism

Stefanos Demertzis, MD, PhD * , Rafael Trunfio, MD, Fredi von Rotz, MD, Francesco Siclari, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland

Accepted for publication August 22, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Demertzis, Cardiocentro Ticino, via Tesserete 48, Lugano, CH-6900 Switzerland (Email: demertzis{at}cardiocentro.org).

We describe a case of massive embolization of atherosclerotic material during aortic cannulation and the surgical approach chosen to treat it, that is, retrograde cerebral perfusion and subtotal arch replacement in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.






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