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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:636-637
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Successful repair of intraoperative type-A dissection in an infant

^a Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
^b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Received 10 July 2001; received in revised form 19 June 2002; accepted 21 June 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-7071-2986638; fax: +49-7071-294047
e-mail: gdziemer{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de

A case of intraoperative type-A aortic dissection caused by partial displacement of the aortic cannula in a 6-month-old infant is presented, which was successfully managed by reapproximation of the dissected layers of the ascending aorta. At 1 year of follow-up the imaging studies show a normal appearance of the operation site.

Key Words: Aortic cannula • Interoperative type-A dissection • Cardiopulmonary bypass