Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2001 • VOLUME 7 • №1

BRAIN PROTECTION IN OPERATIONS ON THE AORTIC ARCH

Yu.V. Belov, F.V. Kusnechevsky
Department of Surgery of Aorta and its Branches,
Russian Scientific Centre of Surgery, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences,
Moscow, Russia

The present literature review concerns the results of the use of three methods for brain protection in operations on the aortic arch: deep hypothermia with, a. complete circulation arrest, deep hypothermia with retrograde perfusion of the brain, and antegrade brain perfusion.

KEY WORDS: Thoracoaortic aneurysm, deep hypothermia.

P. 95

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