{"title":"Brain First: Carotid Artery Access for Cerebral and Arterial Perfusion in Complex Aortic Surgery","authors":"Jaishankar Raman MBBS, MMed, FRACS, PhD , Pankaj Saxena MBBS, MCh, FRACS, PhD , Bashi V. Velayudhan MBBS, MS, MCh , Shiv Choudhary MBBS, MS, MCh","doi":"10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The common carotid artery (CCA) is an easily accessible means of providing cerebral and systemic perfusion during complex aortic surgery. Our technique for using CCA perfusion through a graft sutured to the right common carotid artery is described with a brief overview of experience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35965,"journal":{"name":"Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":"30 2","pages":"Pages 87-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1522294224000898","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The common carotid artery (CCA) is an easily accessible means of providing cerebral and systemic perfusion during complex aortic surgery. Our technique for using CCA perfusion through a graft sutured to the right common carotid artery is described with a brief overview of experience.
期刊介绍:
Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery provides richly illustrated articles on techniques in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery written by renowned surgeons. Each issue presents cardiothoracic topics in adult cardiac, congenital, and general thoracic surgery. Each specialty of interest to the thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon is explored through two different approaches to a specific surgical challenge. Each article is thoroughly illustrated with original line drawings, actual intraoperative photos, and supporting tables and graphs.