Spinal cord ischemia associated with cardiac arrest.
Ischemic spinal cord damage from cardiac arrest is rare. A 48-year-old man underwent a straightforward retroperitoneal aortofemoral bypass operation. The following day, he developed cardiac arrest and was resuscitated successfully, but permanent paraplegia was observed soon afterwards.
Bozkurt
A Kürsat
AK
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. akbozkurt@yahoo.com
D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology