[A case of long-term occlusion in craniocerebral hypothermia]

A case of urgent application of craniocerebral hypothermia (CCH) during correction of traumatic mitral insufficiency developing in the course of closed mitral commissurotomy is described. The occlusion duration was 46.5 min, with the temperature in the esophagus 30.2 degrees C. No postoperative neurological disturbances have been observed. Three years after surgery the patient was in a satisfactory condition. It is demonstrated that CCH is associated with a more marked antihypoxic effect, than it has been earlier believed, and that it is possible to use intravenous ketamine anesthesia during CCH in patients with low cardiac output syndrome.