Abstract
The extent of visceral malperfusion due to acute type A aortic dissection remains difficult to assess in view of the clinical signs that typically present at a late stage. We suspected that visceral malperfusion can persist after proximal aortic graft replacement despite redirecting blood flow into the true lumen. We therefore evaluated the operative outcomes of visceral malperfusion complicated with acute type A aortic dissection. Among 121 patients with acute type A aortic dissection treated at our hospital between January 2000 and December 2014, 10 (8.2%) were preoperatively complicated with visceral malperfusion. Eight of them had been treated by visceral arterial branch bypass followed by central repair, and 2 with circulatory instability had undergone central repair followed by laparotomy. The 2 patients who underwent initial central repair required extensive intestinal resection due to necrosis and died of multiple organ failure related to visceral necrosis in hospital (hospital mortality rate, 20.0%). The ischaemic time (interval between the onset of dissection and visceral arterial revascularization) was significantly longer for patients who initially underwent central repair compared with those who were initially treated by visceral arterial revascularization. However, base excess and lactate levels did not significantly differ between the two groups. We believe that if visceral ischaemia is severe and extensive in patients with type A aortic dissection, abdominal surgery should proceed before the aorta is surgically approached to avoid further irreversible ischaemic damage caused by circulatory arrest in organs with compromised perfusion.
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