DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST (DHCA) IN A MAN UNDERGOING AORTIC ANEURYSM DISSECTION SURGERY

Authors

1 Assistant professor of cardiac anesthesia, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences,Akbatan Heart Hospital, Hamedan, Iran

2 Assistant professor of cardiac anesthesia,Guilan university of Medical Sciences,Heshmat Heart Hospital,Rasht, Iran

3 Cardiac surgeon, Assistant professor of cardiac surgery, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Akbatan Heart Hospital

4 Assistant professor of anesthesiology, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Akbatan Heart Hospital

Abstract

A 55-year-old man with aortic aneurysm dissection was candidated for surgery. His blood pressure was low and he had chest pain. After sternotomy and extraction of clots, cardiac collapse occurred and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) was started with all of the methods for brain protection. After the operation, the patient was completely alert and conscious without any problems.

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Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 13, Issue 3
September 2012
Pages 46-53

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