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1Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, PO Box 208039, New Haven, CT 06520-8039, USA. john.elefteriades@yale.edu
Cardiology Clinics
|May 11, 2010
Abstract:
Straight deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is a technique available for brain preservation during deep hypothermic arrest in aortic arch replacement. In this article, the author discusses the practice of straight DHCA in his institute and the advantage of this technique over other brain preservation techniques.