Cerebral embolization during cardiac surgery: Impact of aortic atheroma burden

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 656-661

  Mackensen, G B ^a,b   Ti, L K ^a   Phillips Bute, B G ^a   Mathew, J P ^a   Newman, M F ^a   Grocott, H P ^a   Blumenthal, J A ^c   Hill, S E ^c   Reves, J G ^c   Schwinn, D A ^c   Stafford Smith, M ^c   Warner, D ^c   Harris, M ^c   Kirchner, J L ^c   Mickley, B ^c   Barnes, M ^c   Carver, E ^c   Funk, B L ^c   Derilus, E D ^c   Hawkins, J ^c   Moore, T ^c   Campbell, C ^c   Cheek, A ^c   Kagarise, T ^c   Latiker, T ^c   Lauff, E ^c   Tirronen, M ^c   DeLacy, R ^c   Hansley, W ^c   Connelly, Y M ^c   White, W D ^c   Babyak, M A ^c   Welsh Bohmer, K A ^c   Mark, D B ^c   Sketch, M H ^c   Graffagnino, C ^c   Laskowitz, D T ^c   Lynch, J R ^c   Saunders, A M ^c   Strittmatter, W J ^c   Bennett, E ^c   Smigla, G ^c   Shearer, I ^c   Anderson, R W ^c   D'Amico, T A ^c   Davis, R D ^c   Glower, D D ^c   Harpole, R D ^c   Jaggers, J ^c   Jones, R H ^c   Landolfo, K ^c   Lowe, J E ^c   Messier, R H ^c   Milano, C ^c   Smith, P K ^c   Toloza, E M ^c   Wolfe, W G ^c   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain, embolism; Complications, atherosclerosis; Heart, cardiopulmonary bypass; Measurement techniques, transcranial Doppler; Measurement techniques, transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PANCURONIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242489178     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg234     Document Type: Article

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