Recommendations for Haemodynamic and Neurological Monitoring in Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Figure 2

Malperfusion phenomena associated with acute type A dissection, (a) malperfusion is secondary to true lumen compression by the false lumen and (b) occlusion of the branch vessel by extension of the false lumen. Reproduced with permission from Reece et al. [5].