A Technical Modification for Establishing Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion during Pulmonary Endarterectomy

THORAC CARDIOV SURG ReportsDOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566264Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) due to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is mainly performed in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest without additional cerebroprotective means. A 49-year-old man was treated by PEA for CTEPH by using selective antegrade cerebral perfusion by advancing the tip of the systemic perfusion cannula into the brachiocephalic trunk. The postoperative course was uneventful.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  open access Full text
Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Case Report: Cardiac Source Type: research