Role of surgical factors in strokes after cardiac surgery.
Deficient neurological disorders after heart surgery are destructive and affect vital prognosis. They concern between 3% to 9% of patients and are related mainly to embolic episodes or brain perfusion defects. The causes of these mechanisms are numerous, but surgical procedures and cardiopulmonary bypass optimization reduce their occurrence significantly.
Baufreton
Christophe
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, CHU Angers, Medical University of Angers, Angers University, France. chbaufreton@chu-angers.fr
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome