TY - CHAP
T1 - Molecular and biochemical basis of brain injury following heart surgery - Interventions for the future
AU - Weiss, Eric S.
AU - Baumgartner, William A.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Cardiac surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valvular replacement and heart transplantation, as well as many others are life-saving procedures for hundreds of thousands of US patients each year. However, despite this clinical utility, many patients who undergo cardiac surgery suffer neurological injury as a result. In addition to the morbidity and mortality caused by neurological injury, these complications are associated with increases in hospital length of stays, costs, and admissions to rehabilitation facilities.
AB - Cardiac surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valvular replacement and heart transplantation, as well as many others are life-saving procedures for hundreds of thousands of US patients each year. However, despite this clinical utility, many patients who undergo cardiac surgery suffer neurological injury as a result. In addition to the morbidity and mortality caused by neurological injury, these complications are associated with increases in hospital length of stays, costs, and admissions to rehabilitation facilities.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-84996-293-3_1
DO - 10.1007/978-1-84996-293-3_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84892237264
SN - 9781849962926
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - Brain Protection in Cardiac Surgery
PB - Springer London
ER -