Modified Cabrol Shunt After Complex Aortic Surgery Tomas A. Salerno, MD, Enisa M.F. Carvalho, BS, Anthony L. Panos, MD, Marco Ricci, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 669-670 (August 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.096 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Illustration showing the patch of bovine pericardium sutured to the peri-aortic tissues. The patch is sutured to the superior vena cava on the patient's right side, the right atrium and border of the heart (caudal aspect), the main pulmonary artery on the patient's left side, and the distal ascending aorta and proximal aortic arch (cephalad). A 6-mm Hemashield graft (Boston Scientific Corp, Natick, MA) is then used to redirect blood leaking from the aortic repair site, collecting under the patch, to the innominate vein (ie, autotransfusion). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 669-670DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.096) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions