Contemporary Conduct of Adult Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: Possible Roles of Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion, Anesthetic Preconditioning, and Aprotinin

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 689-

  Augoustides, John G T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; DESFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; LETTER; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; AORTA, THORACIC; APROTININ; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; STROKE;

EID: 47149113183     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.016     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Gega A., Rizzo J.A., Johnson M.H., Tranquilli M., Farkas E.A., and Elefteriades J.A. Straight deep hypothermic arrest: experience in 394 patients supports its effectiveness as a sole means of brain preservation. Ann Thorac Surg 84 (2007) 759-767
2. Kurth C.D., Priestley M., Watzman H.M., McCann J., and Golden J. Desflurane confers neurologic protection for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in newborn pigs. Anesthesiology 95 (2001) 959-964
3. Sedrakyan A., Wu A., Sedrakyan G., Diener-West M., Tranquilli M., and Elefteriades J. Aprotinin use in thoracic aortic surgery: safety and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132 (2006) 909-917