'Locked-in' syndrome. Occurrence after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
The 'locked-in' syndrome has not previously been described in the immediate period after open-heart surgery. We describe the case of a patient who remained tetraplegic and mute, but alert, after graft surgery. A brief review of the aetiological factors in the development of this type of stroke after coronary artery bypass is presented.
Kenny
D J
DJ
Department of Cardiology, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Ireland.
Luke
D A
DA
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology*