Controlled hypothermia in carotid endarterectomy

Donders, H.P.; Jager, J.N.; Solleveld, H.

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 27(2): 175-179

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509
PMID: 3949860
Document Number: 277894
Successful carotid endarterectomy under controlled hypothermia, induced by shell cooling, is described. The patient, whose ipsilateral vertebral and contralateral internal carotid arteries were obstructed, and whose contralateral external carotid artery was stenosed, had presented with recurrent TIA's and amaurosis fugax. Some observations on the indication for and technique of hypothermia are made.

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