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Circulatory arrest in a reoperation for brachiocephalic arterial occlusive disease
E A Bastounis1, L K Hadjinikolaou, D P Taggart
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Spring Branch Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a patient with multiple brachiocephalic arterial occlusive disease who suffered failure of a bifurcated aorto-carotid artery graft. Profound hypothermic circulatory arrest provided adequate cerebral protection during redo aorto-brachiocephalic arterial grafting.