Aortic arch repair and cold-reactive agglutinins: what to do?
We describe a modified perfusion technique for aortic arch repair under mild hypothermia and continuous cerebral and systemic perfusion.
Panos
Aristotelis
A
Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. a.panos@bluewin.ch
Murith
Nicolas
N
Myers
Patrick O
PO
Kalangos
Afksendyios
A
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003450:Cryoglobulins; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; C029443:cold agglutinins