Stroke is an unpredictable and morbid complication of cardiac operations. We report a patient who suffered massive bilateral cerebral embolization during aortic cannulation for coronary bypass. This was treated successfully with hypothermic circulatory arrest and high flow retrograde cerebral perfusion. The patient suffered only minimal neurologic impairment and improved rapidly. She was discharged home on postoperative day 7 neurologically intact. © 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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Kern, J. A., & Arnold, S. (2000). Massive cerebral embolization: Successful treatment with retrograde perfusion. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 69(4), 1266–1268. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01109-7
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