Insufficient unilateral cerebral perfusion during emergent aortic arch surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-124

  Urbanski, Paul P ^a   Babin Ebell, Jörg ^a   Fröhner, Steffen ^a   Diegeler, Anno ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Clinic Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic arch surgery; Cerebral protection; Neuromonitoring; Unilateral cerebral perfusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84861318008     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr042     Document Type: Article

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