title: A Technical Modification for Establishing Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion during Pulmonary Endarterectomy.
abstract: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) due to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is mainly performed in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest without additional cerebroprotective means. A 49-year-old man was treated by PEA for CTEPH by using selective antegrade cerebral perfusion by advancing the tip of the systemic perfusion cannula into the brachiocephalic trunk. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.affiliation: University Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Samson
authors.affiliation: University Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernward
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Passlick
authors.affiliation: University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Friedhelm
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beyersdorf
authors.affiliation: University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kroll
keywords: pulmonary arteries; pulmonary endarterectomy; selective antegrade cerebral perfusion