Left to right extracardial shunt to control hemorrhage of ascending aorta and left ventricle: A report of 3 cases

Abstract

Presented in this paper are 3 cases of hemorrhage of ascending aorta and left ventricle after open heart surgery treated by extracardial bypass in our hospital from Oct. 1994 to Dec. 1995. Remained aneurysmal wall enclosing conduit graft was used as a sac bypassed to right atrium to form a extracardial left-to-right shunt in order to control bleeding and the results turned out to be satisfactory. The bypass and hemodynamically ignorable shunt can close spontaneously without complications with recovery of coagulation system. The technique may find wide application in clinical practice.

Keywords

left-to-right extracardial shunt / hemorrhage / ascending aorta / left ventricle

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