Cardiopulmonary bypass via common carotid artery cannulation in redo sternotomy

Abstract

There are certain situations in redo cardiac surgery in adults where it may not be possible to use alternate arterial cannulation sites like the common femoral artery and axillary artery. We report a case where we established safe cardiopulmonary bypass with common carotid artery cannulation in an adult patient. The patient underwent aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation 8 months after repair of type A aortic dissection plus aortic valve resuspension. © 2007 Bhudia et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.