Acute Visual Loss Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Model Case Presentation and Discussion

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-76

  Gilbert, Timothy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Complications; Optic ischemic neuropathy; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0346962985     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200401000-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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