Safety of Moderate Hypothermia With Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Total Aortic Arch Replacement.

CONCLUSIONS: In this series, TOTAL with MHCA and ACP can be safely performed with acceptable operative risk. MHCA and ACP represent an effective strategy for TOTAL and may obviate the need for DHCA.
PMID: 29167026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - December 28, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Keeling WB, Tian DH, Leshnower BG, Numata S, Hughes GC, Matalanis G, Okita Y, Yan TD, Kouchoukos N, Chen EP, IAASSG Investigators Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research