Simplified Arch-first Technique in Aortic Arch Branches
Replacement: Perfusion without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Qi Wang MD#, Han Song MSc#,
Zhenhua Wang MSc, Duoliang Wei MSc, Kai Xu MSc, Bowen Li MSc, Jun
Zhang MD, PhD*, Xin Zhao MD, PhD*
# Qi Wang and Han Song contributed equally for this work.
* Jun Zhang and Xin Zhao are co-corresponding authors.
- Institutional affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu
Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan,250012, Shandong, China.
- Running title: Simplified Arch-first Technique
- Address for correspondence: Xin Zhao, MD, PhD, Department of
Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, No.107,
West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. Email:
zhaoxin@email.sdu.edu.cn
- Fundingļ¼This work was supported by the National Natural Science Youth
Fund Project (grant number 81500367), and the Shandong Key R & D
Program (grant number 2016GSF201099), and the clinical research
program of Shandong University ( grant number 2020SDUCRCC031).
- Conflict of interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict
of interests.
- This study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee of Qilu Hospital
of Shandong University. Patient consent statement was waived due to no
harm to patients.