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Roberto Di Bartolomeo1, Emanuele Pilato, Davide Pacini
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40124 Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
Brain injury represents a primary concern during aortic arch surgery. Valid surgical techniques and reliable methods of brain protection are required to obtain a favorable outcome after such a complex surgery. Our aim was to review available methods of brain protection including deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest, retrograde cerebral perfusion and antegrade cerebral perfusion.
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