The authors propose a new strategy of normothermic perfusion for replacement of the aortic
arch to avoid the complications of profound hypothermic circulatory arrest. Six patients …

Background: Various techniques have been proposed for cerebral protection during the
surgical treatment of complex aortic disease. The authors propose a revisited strategy of …

Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest is the usual method of cerebral protection during
replacement of the aortic arch. It has the enormous advantage of allowing the surgical repair …

Deep hypothermic cardiocirculatory arrest is the commonest method of brain protection
during transverse aortic arch surgery. Its principle drawbacks consist in the limited safe …

Introduction. There continue to be some controversies concerning aortic arch reconstruction,
especially the cerebral protection methods. We report our operative and postoperative …

Since the first successful replacement of the aortic arch with perfusion of the head, various
methods have been employed to preserve cerebral function during aneurysm operations …

From 1982 until October 1985 we operated 9 cases of aortic aneurysm involving the
transverse aortic arch (5 male and 4 female, from 26 to 69 years). Two patients had an acute …

The technical aspects of arch surgery have evolved considerably during the last 2 decades.
The use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest has been embraced by many cardiac …

BACKGROUND: Although hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) combined with selective
cerebral perfusion (SCP) is a safe strategy for aortic arch surgery, neither the optimal …

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 …