Definition Complications: If the cross-clamp is suprarenal, can have renal failure, hepatic ischemia and coagulopathy, bowel infarction, and paraplegia. Most consistent response is arterial hypertension above the clamp and hypotension below the clamp. Hypertension is due to increase in afterload (systolic ventricular wall tension). Other consequences of cross clamping include : increased segmental wall motion […]