Recent Clinical Experience With Left Heart Bypass Using a Centrifugal Pump for Repair of Traumatic Aortic Transection

Abstract

Left atrial to femoral artery bypass is a safe, simple, and effective adjunct to the repair of traumatic injuries to the thoracic aorta. Active distal aortic perfusion preserves spinal cord, mesenteric, and renal blood flow and eliminates the potential catastrophic consequence of spinal cord ischemia from an unexpectedly prolonged aortic cross-clamp time.