Con: Retrograde cerebral perfusion is not an optimal method of neuroprotection in thoracic aortic surgery.
Reich
David L
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Department of Anesthesiology, Box 1010, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. david.reich@msnyuhealth.org
Uysal
Suzan
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D010477:Perfusion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*