Cerebrovascular myocardium-tissue embolism: a rare complication of heart surgery: autopsy case report

Cardiovascular surgery is often associated with significant mortality ranging from 3% to 6%, and complications labeled as cerebral are identified as a cause of death in about 3% –9% of heart surgery associated mortality, including cerebrovascular embolism. With regards to heart surgery patients, neurologic complications are caused by arterial embolism predominantly associated with left-sided infective endocarditis. In this paper, we would like to present an unusual autops y finding of cellular–myocardial embolism in the middle cerebral artery in a patient after acute mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass graft, and maze procedure with left atrium appendage occlusion.
Source: Cardiovascular Pathology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research