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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGY

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: An Important Monitoring Tool During Hybrid Aortic Arch Replacement

Kirkpatrick C. Santo, FRCS^*, Alejandro Barrios, FRCA, Uday Dandekar, FRCS^*, Peter Riley, FRCR, Peter Guest, FRCP, FRCR, and Robert S. Bonser, MD, FRCP, FESC, FRCS^*

From the Departments of *Cardiac Surgery, Anesthesia, and Radiology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.

Address correspondence to Robert S. Bonser, MD, FRCP, FESC, FRCS, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK. Address e-mail to robert.bonser{at}uhb.nhs.uk.

Abstract

Near-infrared spectroscopy can be helpful for monitoring the adequacy of cerebral perfusion during cardiovascular surgery. We report changes seen in regional oxygen saturation due to intraoperative thrombosis of the left common carotid artery graft during hybrid aortic arch replacement for traumatic aortic injury.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999