Aortic complications are uncommon in cardiac allograft recipients. Primary acute aortic rupture is an extremely rare and dramatic event that can occur in the early phase after transplantation. In this article we describe a case of acute intraoperative rupture of the donor aorta just after aortic declamping during orthotopic cardiac transplantation procedure, successfully treated with a Bentall-De Bono operation. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Intraoperative Rupture of the Donor Aorta During Heart Transplantation: Surgical Management With a Bentall-de Bono Procedure

Dell'Amore A.;
2007

Abstract

Aortic complications are uncommon in cardiac allograft recipients. Primary acute aortic rupture is an extremely rare and dramatic event that can occur in the early phase after transplantation. In this article we describe a case of acute intraoperative rupture of the donor aorta just after aortic declamping during orthotopic cardiac transplantation procedure, successfully treated with a Bentall-De Bono operation. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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