Successful staged operation for acute aortic dissection and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

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We describe surgical treatment for a patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who developed acute type A aortic dissection. Acute aortic dissection is a life-threatening disease and must be operated emergently, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension can be treated only by pulmonary endarterectomy. We performed a staged procedure consisting of hemiarch replacement with antegrade cerebral perfusion first and pulmonary endareterectomy with periods of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest a week later. We used extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after aortic surgery as a bridge to pulmonary endarterectomy. Our strategy was useful for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who require complicated aortic surgery.

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Ishida, K., Masuda, M., Ishizaka, T., & Matsumiya, G. (2015). Successful staged operation for acute aortic dissection and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 47(3), 575–577. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezu194

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