Who needs preoperative routine chest computed tomography for prevention of stroke in cardiac surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Nishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Mitsuno, Masataka ^a   Tanaka, Hiroe ^a   Ryomoto, Masaaki ^a   Fukui, Shinya ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Cardiac surgery; Computed tomography; Pathological calcification; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; COMPLICATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954557484     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.231761     Document Type: Article

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