Spinal Cord Infarction following Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
- Author:
Tae Eun JUNG
1
;
Dong Hyup LEE
;
Jin Tae KWON
;
Sang Ho AHN
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea. dhlee@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spinal cord;
Off-pump;
Coronary artery bypass
- MeSH:
Coronary Artery Bypass;
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*;
Female;
Humans;
Hypercholesterolemia;
Hypertension;
Incidence;
Infarction*;
Middle Aged;
Myocardial Ischemia;
Spinal Cord*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2006;39(7):553-555
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 62-year-old woman with ischemic heart disease, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia had developed spinal cord infarction after off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB). The incidence of postoperative neurological complications is well known to be less in OPCAB than that of conventional coronary bypass surgery. Furthermore, spinal cord infarction is an uncommon clinical event after coronary bypass surgery. Here we report a case of spinal cord infarction following OPCAB, discuss possible mechanism of spinal cord infarction with relate literatures.
