Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
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Rev Med Suisse Romande · Jul 2004
[Evaluation of the neurologic risk before cardiovascular surgery].
The risk of neurological adverse outcome after open heart surgery is stable since the late 60's. Only since the early 90's cardiac surgeons have shown an interest in decreasing morbidity due to neurological complications. ⋯ Discovering preoperative markers of neurological hasard is of an uppermost importance for surgeons. It allows to use peri-operative prophylactic strategies, because for the nervous system "prevention is better than cure".