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Ultrasonographic demonstration of manipulation-related aortic injuries after cardiac surgery

Masashi Ura, MD^*, Ryuzo Sakata, MD^*, Yoshihiro Nakayama, MD^* and Tomoko Goto, MD

^* Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kumamoto Central Hospital, Kumamoto City, Japan
Department of Anesthesiology, Kumamoto Central Hospital, Kumamoto City, Japan

View larger version (138K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 New intimal tear (arrow 1) and new mobile lesions (arrow 2), visible at the aortic clamp site, that were not present in the pre-ECC image. Pre = before surgical manipulation.

View larger version (140K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 New intimal tear (arrow 1) and new mobile lesions (arrow 2) likely to have been caused by aortic clamping.