Cerebrovascular events after cardiovascular surgery: diagnosis, management and prevention strategies

CONCLUSIONS: Stroke after cardiovascular surgery is one of the most important complications, with a great impact on operative mortality and patient survival. Efforts have been made over time to understand all the pathophysiological mechanisms related to this complication, with the aim of reducing its incidence. One of the goals should be to improve both the surgical technique and the perfusion modality and minimize the formation of air bubbles or to facilitate their elimination during the cardiopulmonary bypass procedure.PMID:37564967 | PMC:PMC10410632 | DOI:10.5114/kitp.2023.130020
Source: Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Source Type: research