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Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Brain Injury Following Heart Surgery – Interventions for the Future

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Cardiac surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valvular replacement and heart transplantation, as well as many others are life-saving procedures for hundreds of thousands of US patients each year. However, despite this clinical utility, many patients who undergo cardiac surgery suffer neurological injury as a result. In addition to the morbidity and mortality caused by neurological injury, these complications are associated with increases in hospital length of stays, costs, and admissions to rehabilitation facilities.

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Weiss, E.S., Baumgartner, W.A. (2011). Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Brain Injury Following Heart Surgery – Interventions for the Future. In: Bonser, R., Pagano, D., Haverich, A. (eds) Brain Protection in Cardiac Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-293-3_1

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