Abstract
Cryoglobulinemia is a cold-reactive autoimmune disease. A 64-year-old
man with active cryoglobulinemia presented Stanford type A acute aortic
dissection. He had been treated with immunosuppressive drugs and plasma
exchange (PE) at our hospital; subsequently, qualitative analysis of
cryogobulin (CG) was negative. He underwent emergency ascending aorta
replacement using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) under deep hypothermia
circulatory arrest with selective cerebral perfusion. The total CPB
time, aortic cross clamp time, and selective cerebral perfusion time
were 255, 153, 56 minutes, respectively, and the minimal nasopharyngeal
temperature was 17.3°C. Our patient had no significant perioperative
complications. Hence, if PE is performed appropriately and CG is
negative, patients with cryoglobulinemia who exhibit severe preoperative
symptoms can safely undergo surgery with deep hypothermia.