title: Neurologic complications of aortic diseases and aortic surgery.
abstract: Aortic disease processes have a wide range of clinical manifestations. The inflammatory disease process of Takayasu's arteritis differs dramatically from the visceral ischemia of aortic dissection. The catastrophic event of aortic rupture tends to overshadow life-altering events such as stroke and paraplegia. However, these neurologic manifestations of aortic diseases have dramatic effects that extend beyond the individual patient to include both social and financial ramifications. This chapter focuses on the major aortic disease processes and how they can initiate, both directly and indirectly, adverse neurologic events. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of aortic surgery, how interventions on the aorta can cause neurologic complications, and techniques to avoid these feared adverse neurologic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA. Electronic address: rihershberger@lumc.edu.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hershberger
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Jae S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Aortic diseases; Takayasu’s arteritis; aortic aneurysm; aortic coarctation; aortic dissection; aortic surgery; paraplegia; stroke