Anterior spinal artery syndrome after double valve replacement and coronary artery bypass surgery.
Ashwin SubramaniamAdrian PickRavi TiruvoipatiPublished in: Clinical case reports (2017)
Spinal infarction is a rare and devastating complication of open-heart surgery, especially in the context of perioperative hemodynamic instability in patients requiring high dose of inotropes and vasoconstrictors. Our report highlights that spinal infarction can occur in such circumstances following a valve replacement surgery.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery bypass
- minimally invasive
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- spinal cord
- high dose
- end stage renal disease
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- aortic stenosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- low dose
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- acute kidney injury
- stem cell transplantation
- case report