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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:90-96
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: Cardiovascular

Resection of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Outcomes After Use of Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Accepted for publication February 13, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Patel, University of Michigan Hospitals, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Box 0348 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0348 (Email: hjpatel{at}med.umich.edu).

Presented at the Fifty-second Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Orlando, FL, Nov 10–12, 2005.

BACKGROUND: Use of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) for operations on the descending thoracic aorta is controversial. While deep hypothermia may provide better end-organ and spinal cord function, prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest may increase morbidity. This study assessed outcomes after use of HCA for descending thoracic aortic resection in a large cohort of consecutive patients.

METHODS: Hypothermic circulatory arrest was utilized if arch or extensive descending thoracic aortic resection was required, or if aortic pathology precluded cross-clamping. One hundred thirty-two patients (mean age, 61.3 years) were identified. Diagnosis included fusiform (41.2%) or saccular aneurysm (10.7%) and acute (4.6%) or chronic (38.9%) dissection. Twenty-one patients presented with rupture. Arch resection (distal arch 100, total arch 11) was required in 111 patients (84.1%). The extent of descending thoracic aortic resection (required in 94%) included proximal third in 41 patients, proximal two-thirds in 6, and complete thoracic aorta in 77. The proximal anastomosis was performed with total body HCA while the distal anastomosis was constructed with lower body HCA only (duration upper body HCA 33.7 ± 8.0 minutes; total duration lower body HCA 71.3 ± 24.2 minutes).

RESULTS: Thirty-day mortality was 6.0%. Neurologic events included stroke (6.8%) and permanent lower extremity paralysis-paresis (4.5%). Temporary dialysis was needed in 7 (5.3%), though only 2 patients required permanent dialysis (1.9%). Independent predictors of a composite endpoint of death, stroke, permanent paralysis, or dialysis included duration of lower body HCA (p = 0.03) and major postoperative infection (p = 0.003).

CONCLUSIONS: Adjunctive use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for descending thoracic aortic resection affords excellent preservation of end-organ and spinal cord function with acceptable rates of mortality and significant morbidity.

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