Sung Jun Park1, Bo Bae Jeon2, Hee Jung Kim3, Joon Bum Kim2. 1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Armed Forces Daegu Hospital, Daegu, South Korea. 2. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. 3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For aortic-arch repair, moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) have shown favorable outcomes over conventional deep HCA when coupled with antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP); however, recent studies have shown that ACP may not be essential when circulatory arrest time is less than 30 minutes. This study aims to evaluate the stratified arch repair strategy of moderate HCA with or without ACP based on the extent of procedure. METHODS: Consecutive 138 patients (63 female; mean age, 60.2±15.7 years) undergoing open arch repair due to acute aortic syndrome (n=69) or chronic aneurysm (n=69) from January 2012 through April 2017 were enrolled in this study. Stratified neuroprotective strategy was employed according to the extent of repair: hemi-arch repair (n=93) was performed under moderated HCA alone and total-arch repair (n=45) under moderate HCA combined with unilateral ACP. RESULTS: Median total circulatory arrest and total procedural times were 8.0 minutes [interquartile range (IQR), 6.0-10.0] and 233.0 minutes (IQR, 196.0-290.0 minutes), respectively in the hemi-arch group, and 25.0 minutes (IQR, 12.0-33.0 minutes) and 349.0 minutes (IQR, 276.0-406.0 minutes), respectively in the total-arch group. Early mortality occurred in 2 patients (1.4%) who underwent hemi-arch repair for acute aortic dissection. There was no permanent neurological injury, but 2 cases (1.4%) of temporary neurologic deficit in the hemi-arch group. Other complications included re-exploration for bleeding in 6 (4.3%), postoperative extracorporeal life support in 5 (3.6%) and new-dialysis in 6 (4.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Stratified cerebral perfusion strategy using moderate hypothermia for aortic-arch surgery based on the extent of arch repair showed satisfactory safety and reasonable efficiency.
BACKGROUND: For aortic-arch repair, moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) have shown favorable outcomes over conventional deep HCA when coupled with antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP); however, recent studies have shown that ACP may not be essential when circulatory arrest time is less than 30 minutes. This study aims to evaluate the stratified arch repair strategy of moderate HCA with or without ACP based on the extent of procedure. METHODS: Consecutive 138 patients (63 female; mean age, 60.2±15.7 years) undergoing open arch repair due to acute aortic syndrome (n=69) or chronic aneurysm (n=69) from January 2012 through April 2017 were enrolled in this study. Stratified neuroprotective strategy was employed according to the extent of repair: hemi-arch repair (n=93) was performed under moderated HCA alone and total-arch repair (n=45) under moderate HCA combined with unilateral ACP. RESULTS: Median total circulatory arrest and total procedural times were 8.0 minutes [interquartile range (IQR), 6.0-10.0] and 233.0 minutes (IQR, 196.0-290.0 minutes), respectively in the hemi-arch group, and 25.0 minutes (IQR, 12.0-33.0 minutes) and 349.0 minutes (IQR, 276.0-406.0 minutes), respectively in the total-arch group. Early mortality occurred in 2 patients (1.4%) who underwent hemi-arch repair for acute aortic dissection. There was no permanent neurological injury, but 2 cases (1.4%) of temporary neurologic deficit in the hemi-arch group. Other complications included re-exploration for bleeding in 6 (4.3%), postoperative extracorporeal life support in 5 (3.6%) and new-dialysis in 6 (4.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Stratified cerebral perfusion strategy using moderate hypothermia for aortic-arch surgery based on the extent of arch repair showed satisfactory safety and reasonable efficiency.
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