The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 4 , Pages 803-806 , April 2009

The quest to optimize neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonatal arch reconstruction: The perfusion techniques we use and why we believe in them

  • Richard G. Ohye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Richard G. Ohye, MD, 5144 CVC/SPC 5864, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5864.
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  • Caren S. Goldberg, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Janet Donohue, MPH, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Jennifer C. Hirsch, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Michael Gaies, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Marshall L. Jacobs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • James G. Gurney, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery Investigators

Received 8 October 2008 ,Accepted 31 October 2008.

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    Proportion of surgeons using each perfusion type. DCHA, Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; RCP, regional cerebral perfusion; IP, intermittent perfusion.

    Proportion of surgeons using each perfusion type. DCHA, Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; RCP, regional cerebral perfusion; IP, intermittent perfusion.

 The Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery Program is supported by a grants from the Department of Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01942-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.046

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 4 , Pages 803-806 , April 2009

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