What are the potential causes of cognitive decline seen in cardiac surgery?
What evidence points to the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass)?
Cognitive impairment following cardiac surgery esp with CPB has been discussed before and we know that the risks are very similar to CVA risk factors. However, newer under this topic may be the exact role some genes play in this process. Attached find one article describing this.
Dear Mahdi
I read the article you suggested and found it interesting.
How perfusionists however, we should focus on our daily actions and how we conduct CPB.
I found that often we do not pay due attention to gaseous emboli (GME) that, regardless of the genetic variations, weigh heavily on the neurological outcome of the cardiac patient.
From this point of view the subject of GME deserves an in-depth analysis and study that would lead us to change the way we run the CPB.
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