Surgery on the descending aorta almost always involves the application of a cross-clamp so the surgeon is able to sew a graft to it. As a general rule, the more proximal the clamp is placed to the heart, the greater amount of stress it places on the heart. This can loosely be defined as “afterload,” meaning the force opposing ventricular ejection. [More…]
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