October 13, 2011 — Cognitive function is not impaired if either deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) or antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP) is used during pulmonary endarterectomy ...

This immediate onset of cerebral ischemia occurred in five patients and was alleviated by deflation of the PercuSurge balloon and restoration of antegrade cerebral perfusion.

Article Title. Perioperative dynamic changes of systemic inflammatory response, gut injury, and hypoxemia in patients with acute type-A aortic dissection: an observational case-control study ...

That can be done in two ways, with antegrade or retrograde cerebral perfusion," said author Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic surgery and professor of surgery in the Miller School of ...