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Perioperative Stroke in Infants Undergoing Open Heart Operations for Congenital Heart Disease
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 09/02/09
Chen J et al. – The prevalence of stroke in infants undergoing operations for congenital heart disease was 10%, half of which occurred preoperatively. Most were clinically silent and undetected without neuroimaging. Mechanisms included thromboembolism and hypoperfusion, with patient–specific, procedure–specific, and postoperative contributions to increased risk.
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