Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med | Volume 3, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Role of Pericardial Baffle as a Preventative Technique in Blood Loss in Patients Undergoing Complex Aortic Surgery

Aryana Nazem^*, Zhandong Zhou and Charles Lutz

Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, USA

^*Correspondance to: Aryana Nazem 

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Abstract

Unmanageable bleeding in certain aortic surgery cases could be life-threatening and carry a very high mortality. In such cases pericardial baffle is a salvaging operation with excellent results.

Keywords:

Aortic surgery; Pericardial baffle; Transesophageal echocardiogram

Citation:

Nazem A, Zhou Z, Lutz C. Role of Pericardial Baffle as a Preventative Technique in Blood Loss in Patients Undergoing Complex Aortic Surgery. Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2019;3(1):1021.