Cerebral and myocardial perfusion
Table 3 provides the parameters recorded during CCMSP. The mean duration of CCMSP was 51.6±21.5 minutes (median: 52). The mean cerebral perfusion flow rate was 32.6±10.0mL/Kg/min. The mean cooling time was 22.5±1 minutes with a median of 21 minutes whereas the mean rewarming time was 42.6±16.3 minutes with a median of 40 minutes. Arterial perfusion and venous return temperatures were practically identical: 26.4 vs. 26.9°C. The rate of myocardial perfusion was constant at 150 ml/m2/min according to our protocol.