What To Do When Your Brain Turns Blue? Considerations During Aortic Arch Surgery
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of a retrograde arterial perfusion (RAP) strategy versus an antegrade arterial perfusion (AAP) strategy in a consecutive, large cohort of patients who underwent minimally invasive mitral valve surgery with transthoracic aortic clamping through a right minithoracotomy.
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has been shown to be less deleterious than on-pump bypass in patients with normal renal function, but the effect of this technique in patients with non-dialysis dependent renal insufficiency in a randomized study is unknown.
In this review, we provide a detailed discussion on diagnostic algorithm, surgical operability criteria, pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), and the medical therapy.