Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Noninvasive Neuromonitoring of Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta
Brief Summary: The aim of this prospective, explorative study of noninvasive neuromonitoring was to search potential and practical methods associated with neurological outcome in the perioperative and immediate postoperative setting of surgery of the thoracic aorta. These methods include abbreviated EEG monitoring, near-infrared spectroscopy, transcranial Doppler ultrasound and biochemical markers associated with neuronal damage.