Neurological Injury After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Selma O. Algra,
Nicolaas J. G. Jansen,
Ingeborg van der Tweel,
Antonius N. J. Schouten,
Floris Groenendaal,
Mona C. Toet,
Wim van Oeveren,
Ingrid C. van Haastert,
Paul H. Schoof,
Linda S. de Vries,
Felix Haas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003312
Subject(s) - medicine , deep hypothermic circulatory arrest , cerebral perfusion pressure , perioperative , anesthesia , aortic arch , surgery , cardiac surgery , aorta , cerebral blood flow
Complex neonatal cardiac surgery is associated with cerebral injury. In particular, aortic arch repair, requiring either deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) or antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP), entails a high risk of perioperative injury. It is unknown whether ACP results in less cerebral injury than DHCA.
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