Controlled Delayed Aortic Repair in Acute Aortic Syndrome and Multiorgan Failure: An Option in Selected Cases.

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Essen, West-German Heart Center, Essen, Germany.

Published: December 2015

The factor time plays an important role in diagnosis and treatment of acute aortic syndromes, not only as a short interval between diagnosis and surgical therapy, but also as a delay of definitive therapy in the selected cases. Severe organ damage caused by malperfusion or other mechanisms can be overcome by a surgical delay, improving prognosis. We report a successful attempt of a controlled delayed surgical treatment in a patient with an acute aortic syndrome complicated from multiorgan failure.

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