Cerebral Hypoxia Caused by Flow Confliction During Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery With Retrograde Perfusion: A Word of Caution

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Aug;32(4):1838-1840. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.10.007. Epub 2017 Oct 6.

Authors

Hirotsugu Kanda¹, Takayuki Kunisawa², Hiroto Kitahara³, Takafumi Iida², Yuki Toyama², Megumi Kanao-Kanda², Chie Mori², Hiroyuki Kamiya³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan. Electronic address: h.kanda0629@nifty.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.

PMID: 29126685
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.10.007

No abstract available

Keywords: ECMO watershed; MICS; laser speckle flowgraphy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Female
Humans
Hypoxia, Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Hypoxia, Brain / etiology
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Middle Aged
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Perfusion / adverse effects*