[Total Aortic Arch Replacement. Does a management protocol impact the results?].

Unlabelled: Aortic arch surgery is a surgical challenge due to its technical complexity and brain and body protection requirements.

Aim: To describe the surgical protocol and the short and long-term results of aortic arch replacement surgery in a center in the metropolitan region of Santiago, Chile.

Methods: Retrospective descriptive study from April 2015 to August 2022.

[Current management strategies for pulmonary hypertension in surgical patients].

Pulmonary hypertension is a clinical condition with a low prevalence, but carries high morbidity and mortality. Important advances in the understanding of this disease and in its therapy have occurred. A particular scenario is pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing non-cardiac as well as cardiac surgery.