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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1425-1426
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intraortic Negative Pressure Suction During Glue Application

Alessio Amico, MD, Carmine Carbone, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Anthea Hospital, via Camillo Rosalba 35, Bari, 70124 Italy

(Email: alessioamico@tiscali.it).

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To the Editor:

We read the article by Devbhandari and colleagues [1] with great interest. They report the case of a patient who had acute intraoperative malfunction of an aortic prosthetic valve develop due to the use of glue in surgery. Vigorous negative pressure suction inside the aortic root while the glue is being applied may lead to entraining of glue into the aortic lumen. They conclude it is advisable to stop the suction on the left ventricular vent during surgical glue application.

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