ALERT!

This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).

Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Moderate Versus Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Elective Aortic Transverse Hemiarch Reconstruction

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975%2815%2900062-4/abstract

Author(s)

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Arminder S. Jassar, Rohan S. Menon, Caroline Komlo, Jacob Gutsche, Nimesh D. Desai, W. Clark Hargrove, Joseph E. Bavaria, Wilson Y. Szeto

Results of moderate hypothermic arrest and antegrade cerebral perfusion (MHCA group) were compared with deep hypothermic arrest and retrograde cerebral perfusion (DHCA) for management of hemiarch reconstruction using single institution data. The MHCA group was older and more often affected by atherosclerotic aneurysm. MHCA was associated with shorter CPB times and aortic crossclamp times and with less need for transfusion. Acute outcomes were similar between the groups.