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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1674-1678
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Pattern and significance of cerebral microemboli during coronary artery bypass grafting

Stephen Sylivris, MDa, Christopher Levi, FRACPb, George Matalanis, FRACSc, Alexander Rosalion, FRACSc, Brian F. Buxton, FRACSc, Anne Mitchell, FRACRd, Gregory Fitt, FRACRd, David B. Harberts, B AppScia, Michael M. Saling, PhDe, Andrew M. Tonkin, MDa

a Department of Cardiology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Australia
b Department of Neurology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Australia
c Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Australia
d Department of Radiology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Australia
e Department of Neuropsychology, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Accepted for publication May 26, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Sylivris, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Studley Road, Heidelberg 3084, Victoria, Australia

Background. Strokes that occur during coronary artery bypass grafting are often caused by embolism. Intraoperative transcranial Doppler monitoring can detect cerebral microemboli. The aims of this study were to identify the pattern of microembolic phenomena during various stages of coronary artery bypass grafting, to verify whether numbers of high-intensity transient signals correlated with early neuropsychologic deficits, and to identify, using magnetic resonance imaging scans, whether radiologic evidence of cerebral infarction correlated with microembolic numbers during the bypass period.

Methods. Forty-one consecutive patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting with transcranial Doppler monitoring were enrolled in this study. All had preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging brain scans. A subgroup of 32 patients were studied by comparing microembolic load and early neuropsychological outcomes.

Results. Transcranial Doppler monitoring confirmed that most microemboli occurred during cardiopulmonary bypass. A significant early neuropsychological deficit after coronary artery bypass grafting did correspond to the total microembolic load during bypass (p = 0.008). However, patients with cerebral infarction on magnetic resonance imaging had significantly more microembolic signal during the preincision phases and not during the bypass period.

Conclusions. Microembolic load during bypass is associated with early neuropsychologic deficits. In contrast, patients who show evidence of strokes during coronary artery bypass grafting have a higher microembolic load during the preincision phase than those without cerebral infarction. Differing mechanisms may be responsible for these different outcomes.




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