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Fibrin Sealant Patch for Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Friday, February 7, 2014

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Source Name: Journal of Cardiac Surgery

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Milan Lisy M.D. Mahmut Kahlil M.D. Ulrich A. Stock M.D., Ph.D., Stephen M. Wildhirt M.D.
The use of glues to repair disrupted tissue during acute type-A aortic dissection (TAD) surgery may be discontinuous, and cause embolization and cell necrosis. We report a method of fibrin sealant patch (FSP) to reinforce dissected aortic tissue with a collagen double layer coated with fibrinogen/thrombin on either side

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