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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1445-1446
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Aortocoronary bypass surgery and ascending aortic dissection: Reply

Olivier Chavanon, MDa, Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhDb

a Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, Hôpital Michallon, Grenoble, France
b Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger St E, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1L8, Canada

e-mail: ochavanon@chu-grenoble.fr
e-mail: lpperrau@icm.umontreal.ca

To the Editor

We thank Dr Hagl and Dr Griepp for their comments on our recent report [1] concerning the incidence of ascending aortic dissection after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. They emphasize the risk associated with the use of a partial occlusion clamp in coronary revascularization as encountered in 60% of their patients with type A aortic dissection after such procedures. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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