Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 184-191, April 2001
Approaches to reduce neurologic complications during cardiac surgery☆☆☆
Abstract
As outcome measures of cardiac surgery are carefully analyzed, neurologic outcomes are a prominent determinant of overall outcome. Sensitive measures of pre- and postoperative neuropsychologic performance and intraoperative emboli reveal a risk group of patients at an advanced age, with severe generalized atherosclerosis who require cardiac surgery. By using the results of observational studies, we have developed a protocol that uses innovative intraoperative techniques to minimize injury and thus improve outcome. Copyright © 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company
Keywords: Cardiac surgery, stroke, cardiopulmonary bypass, neuropsychological outcome
☆ Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants from the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke: NS 28955, NS 20618, and NS 27500.
☆☆ Address reprint requests to John W. Hammon, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. E-mail: jhammon@wfubmc.edu
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Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 184-191, April 2001
