title: Neurologic complications of coronary artery bypass grafting: case-control study.
abstract: In a retrospective case-control study, we identified 18 patients who had neurologic symptoms associated with coronary artery bypass grafting, or 1.3% of all patients who had this operation. Cerebral infarction and anoxic encephalopathy accounted for almost all the complications. The overall mortality was 33%, higher among those with an intraoperative compared with a postoperative deficit. Prior cerebrovascular risk factors as well as intraoperative hypotension were no more prevalent in patients with complications than in age-matched controls who had the same operation.
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology*; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply