Prolonged Circulatory Arrest is Not Associated with Stroke or Mortality after Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) frequently present with extensive distal clot burden, which adds complexity to pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE). Complete endarterectomy often necessitates prolonged periods of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA), the ramifications of which are poorly understood. Objectives were to describe the association of HCA time with post-operative neurologic complications, operative mortality and other major morbidity after PTE.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 20, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J.L. Armstrong, A.M. Vekstein, A. Seas, C.M. Wojnarski, A.M. Ganapathi, J.C. Haney Tags: (433) Source Type: research