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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2016; 05(01): 33-35
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566264
Case Report: Cardiac
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

A Technical Modification for Establishing Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion during Pulmonary Endarterectomy

Martin Czerny
1   University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
,
Patrick von Samson
2   University Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Bernward Passlick
2   University Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
1   University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
,
Johannes Kroll
1   University Heart Center Freiburg–Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany
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24 June 2015

15 September 2015

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05 May 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) due to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is mainly performed in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest without additional cerebroprotective means. A 49-year-old man was treated by PEA for CTEPH by using selective antegrade cerebral perfusion by advancing the tip of the systemic perfusion cannula into the brachiocephalic trunk. The postoperative course was uneventful.

Keywords

pulmonary arteries - pulmonary endarterectomy - selective antegrade cerebral perfusion
 

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