Outcomes of Left Heart Bypass Versus Circulatory Arrest in Elective Open Surgical Descending and Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Repair

In elective descending or thoraco-abdominal aortic repair, no statistically significant differences in 30 day mortality, major complications, or follow-up survival were found when LHB and HCA were compared. These findings remained after propensity score matching.