Tohru Kaga, Masahiko Ezure, Yutaka Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Yamada, Joji Hoshino, Shuichi Okada, Hiroyuki Morishita, Masahiro Seki, Naoki Konno, Atsushi Oi, Naoki Tamura, Daisuke Atomura, Yukie Yamatsu
A 53-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chest and back pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography( CT) revealed a Stanford type A acute aortic dissection with a pseudo-lumen occlusion. On the same day, the patient underwent emergent aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk. When introducing cardiopulmonary bypass, arterial cannula was inserted into the right femoral artery. The day after surgery, swelling of the right lower leg appeared with CK and intramuscular compartment pressure elevation...
September 2023: Kyobu Geka. the Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery