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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998;65:573-576 ( October )

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Association between intraoperative cerebral microembolic signals and postoperative neuropsychological deficit: comparison between patients with cardiac valve replacement and patients with coronary artery bypass grafting Sigrun Kierulf Brækken, Ivar Reinvang, David Russell, Rainer Brucher, Jan L Svennevig

Departments of Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine and Surgery, Rikshospitalet, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, N 0027, Norway

Correspondence to: Dr SK Brækken, Department of Neurology, Ullevål Hospital, 0407 Oslo, Norway. Telephone 0047 22118650; fax 0047 23015949.

Received 5 November 1997 and in revised form 2 March 1998; Accepted 19 March 1998

OBJECTIVES---To examine the association between intraoperative cerebral microembolic signals (MES) and postoperative neuropsychological deficit in patients with valve replacement (VR) and patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
METHODS---Neuropsychological examination (10 tests) was performed 1-2 days before and 2 months after surgery (VR (n=26) and CABG (n=14)). The intraoperative number of cerebral MES were monitored from the right middle cerebral artery using transcranial Doppler.
RESULTS---A higher number of cerebral MES were detected in VR patients with neurological deficit (6/26) compared with those without deficit (20/26) (MES median number 2083 v 645, p=0.04). No such difference was found in patients with CABG (2/14 v 12/14) (MES median number 50 v 112, p=0.2).
CONCLUSION---A high number of MES were detected in patients with VR with neuropsychological deficit. In patients with CABG with such a deficit, a low number of MES were detected. This difference in number may be explained by relatively more gaseous emboli in the first and more solid in the second. However, the results in the patients with CABG should be interpreted with caution due to the few patients in this subgroup.

Keywords: embolism; ultrasound; cardiopulmonary bypass; neuropsychiatry


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