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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Apr 2009
Case ReportsEmergency total aortic arch replacement for a renal transplant recipient by mild hypothermia with selective cerebral perfusion.
- Masashi Toyama, Naoki Kida, Akinori Tamenishi, and Hiroshi Okamoto.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, Yokkaichi, 510-0822, Japan. machapon@tg.commufa.jp
- Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr 1; 57 (4): 211-3.
AbstractHypothermia and immunosuppressive drugs may promote surgical wound infection. We successfully performed an emergency total arch replacement with mild hypothermia and selective cerebral perfusion for a renal transplant recipient. The postoperative course was almost uneventful without any surgical site infection.
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