Cold agglutinin disease although rare, can lead to serious complications for patients
undergoing cardio-thoracic surgery, especially when cardiopulmonary bypass is applied …

Cold agglutinin disease is an uncommon condition characterized by hemagglutination and
microvascular thrombosis of red blood cells at low temperatures during cardiopulmonary …

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Background The aim of the study was to assess the indications, surgical strategies, and
outcomes after reoperative aortic arch surgery performed generally under mild hypothermia …

Results Ten patients (7 male and 3 female patients) underwent operative treatment of the
diseased aortic arch because of chronic aneurysm involvement (n= 6, 60%) or acute …

Aortic arch resection remains a challenging problem. At present, the most reliable technique
appears to be profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest, although long cardiopulmonary …

We present our initial experience in 5 patients for open aortic arch repair with continuous
antegrade perfusion of the brain and of the lower body by means of direct cannulation of the …

Objectives Aortic arch replacement is associated with increased mortality and morbidity
especially in acute type-A aortic dissection. Although hypothermic circulatory arrest with …

Aortic arch repair with frozen elephant trunk is increasingly offered to patients with extensive
thoracic aortic disease. Given the magnitude of such a procedure, reported postoperative …

Background Open arch surgery is technically demanding for the surgeon and surgically and
biologically invasive for the patient, requiring a variably long period of hypothermic …