title: Cortical Blindness After Cardiac Surgery: Just an Ischemic Mechanism?
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; Neuromuscular Department.
authors.forename: Maenia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scarpino
authors.affiliation: Heart and Vessel.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olivo
authors.affiliation: Heart and Vessel.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quilghini
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Department.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzo
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Service Department, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; Neuromuscular Department.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrai
authors.affiliation: Heart and Vessel.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontanari
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; Neuromuscular Department.
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantini
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy; Neuromuscular Department. Electronic address: agrippo@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grippo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D054038:Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: cardiac surgery; cortical blindness; magnetic resonance imaging; perioperative visual disturbance; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome