title: [Risk factors for neurologic complications in aortocoronary bypass surgery].
abstract: In a prospective study risk factors for neurological complications were evaluated in 300 unselected patients undergoing open heart surgery due to coronary artery disease. Patients with combined procedure (aorto-coronary bypass graft and valve replacement) were excluded from the study. Six patients (2%) suffered from a neurological event in the early postoperative period. A strong risk factor is the age (65 +/- 6 years in the symptomatic group, 56 +/- 9 years in the asymptomatic group, p = 0.009, Student-t-test, double-sided). A certain tendency is seen in patients with carotid stenosis (17% in the symptomatic group, 5% in the asymptomatic group), in patients with a positive neurological history (17% in the symptomatic group, 1% in the asymptomatic group) and in patients with operative revision (33% in the symptomatic group, 4% in the asymptomatic group). No difference was seen in the risk factors sex, lesions of the middle cerebral artery and the ECC-time.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Thorax- Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Zurbrügg
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mühlemann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Althaus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Risikofaktoren für neurologische Komplikationen bei der Chirurgie des aortokoronaren Bypass.