Choreoathetosis after surgery for congenital heart disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Choreoathetosis developed in three patients after cardiopulmonary bypass with hypothermia. None had significant hypotension or hypoxemia; all had hypocapnia and respiratory alkalosis during the rewarming period. We postulate that hypocapnia-induced cerebral vasoconstriction may have contributed to ischemic damage in focal central nervous system areas.
Medical subject headings
- Athetosis
- Chorea
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Postoperative Complications