Four valve surgeries were performed with balloon occlusion without hypothermic circulatory arrest.

We hypothesized BVP would decrease renal injury after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Transpulmonary approach under total cardiopulmonary bypass or hypothermic circulatory arrest was performed.

Via median sternotomy, the aortic arch was opened in circulatory arrest.

Hypothermia protects the brain from injury during cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest were utilized in 17 infants (Group III).

Conclusions: A modified distal aortic arch occlusion can considerably shorten the duration of circulatory arrest.

Electrocardiographic signs are too late to diagnose circulatory arrest.

Cardiopulmonary bypass with or without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest was ruled out as an option.

Cardiopulmonary bypass time predicts operative mortality, and female sex and circulatory arrest time predict long-term mortality.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the potential efficacy of prolonged mild hypothermia after hypothermic circulatory arrest.

However, the time course of loss of lung viability after circulatory arrest and organism death remains unclear.

Three techniques were used for aortic reconstruction: clamp and sew, left heart bypass, and hypothermic circulatory arrest.

We present a strategy of hypothermic circulatory arrest established with ventricular assist device cannulas for difficult heart transplants.

In this study we investigated different preservation strategies for lungs retrieved from cadavers 4 hours after circulatory arrest.

This study described a modified technique for distal aortic arch occlusion that markedly shortened the circulatory arrest time.