Brain protection in aortic arch surgery
Abstract Retrograde cerebral perfusion (RCP) techniques have been adopted in aortic arch surgery for clinical use. The clear benefits of RCP are that it reduces embolic injury and prolongs the permissible period of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA). At the same time, however, there is a great de...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
2000
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Online Access: | http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514256174 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9514256174 |