Impact of septic cerebral embolism on prognosis and therapeutic strategies of infective endocarditis: a retrospective study in a surgical centre.

Valentina ScheggiSilvia MenaleBarbara ToniettiCostanza BigiariniJacopo GiovacchiniStefano Del PaceNicola ZoppettiBruno AlteriniPier Luigi StefànoNiccolò Marchionni

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)

The present study highlights the prognostic value of functional presentation and the safety of cardiac surgery, when feasible, in patients with cerebral septic embolism.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
case report
cerebral blood flow