The present study was undertaken to identify risk factors for permanent neurological dysfunction (PND) and in-hospital mortality after total aortic arch replacement (TAR) with separate arch vessel grafting using selective cerebral perfusion (SCP) and hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Factors influencing permanent neurologic dysfunction and mortality after total arch replacement with separate arch vessel grafting using selective cerebral perfusion.
The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka Hospital, 2-1-1 Shin-Koji, Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. shiori@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp