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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
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