ABSTRACT
Basic procedures that cardiovascular surgeons routinely perform are rarely discussed, despite the great variability among facilities. We conducted a questionnaire survey on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) targeting under-forty cardiovascular surgeons and obtained responses from 53 surgeons. We report the questionnaire results.
ABSTRACT
Among 62 patients who underwent hybrid arch TEVAR, which is a combination of supra-aortic bypass and TEVAR to treat arch aneurysm, 5 patients encountered postoperative cerebral infarction. In 2 patients, whose thoracic aorta were extremely shaggy, cerebral infarction were multiple and fatal. Other 3 patients, whose aorta were not shaggy, developed visual disturbance after TEVAR and minor cerebral infarction were detected in the area of vertebral artery. To prevent cerebral infarction after hybrid arch TEVAR, the blood flow from the left subclavian to vertebral artery is considered to be significant.