[Aortic resection for lung cancer with use of biomedicus centrifugal pump--a case report].

A 56-year-old woman with lung cancer that is invading the descending aorta, a part of the left atrial wall, and the esophagus was treated. The treatment included a pneumonectomy, resections of the descending aorta, resections of part of the left atrial wall and resections of the thoracic esophagus. For the resection of aorta and for its reconstruction, partial left heart bypass from the left atrium to the femoral artery by a Bio pump was used. The Bio pump proved to be simple, safe and effective, and capable of protecting the peripheral viscera from ischemia during the descending aortic cross clamping.