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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:849
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Christopher I. Blauth, FRCSa

a Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

e-mail: ciblauth@aol.com

Cerebral injury after cardiac surgery spans a broad clinical spectrum from major stroke to subtle neuropsychological change of uncertain significance. A number of causes have been implicated one of which is embolism. Plochl and colleagues have postulated that transient reduction of cerebral blood flow during periods of high risk for embolism during surgery should reduce the embolic fraction reaching the brain, and have verified this by therapeutic hypocapnia . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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