Although significant advancements in cerebral protection strategies in aortic surgery have been achieved in recent years, controversy remains on what constitutes the optimal strategy. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest alone is a viable approach in many instances, but the need for a prolonged duration of circulatory arrest and increasing case complexity have led to the utilization of adjunctive cerebral perfusion strategies. In this review, we discuss the efficacy of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and its limitations, the role of retrograde cerebral perfusion and unilateral and bilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion, and the trend towards goal-directed perfusion strategies, all emphasizing the pressing need for randomized clinical trials to better define the optimal strategy.
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