title: Intracerebral hemorrhage treated with external ventricular drainage following coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intracerebral hemorrhagic brain injury after open heart surgery is a rare complication. We report a case of acute intraventricular hemorrhage after coronary bypass surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The brain computed tomography revealed intraventricular bleeding in the patient and urgent external ventricular drainage was performed by neurosurgeons.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical findings disappeared after the drainage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis and treatment is important in preventing organic brain damage in this complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. gonem@pamukkale.edu.tr
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Onem
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Irak
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baltalarli
authors.forename: Baki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yagci
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gurses
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacar
authors.forename: Ali Vefa
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography