Neurological complications of cardiac surgery

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-715

  Gottesman, Rebecca F ^a,b   McKhann, Guy M ^a   Hogue, Charles W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Postoperative complications; Stroke

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AORTA SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DELIRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OFF PUMP SURGERY; PERFUSION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART-LUNG MACHINE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58849160804     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1105973     Document Type: Review

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