Key result
Preoperative neurological disturbance affects ~4% of patients undergoing congenital heart surgery.
Population
342 patients with congenital heart disease (majority being septal defects) selected for surgical treatment
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Preoperative neurological disturbance in this selected cohort should not yet change practice; leaves open the need for prospective risk-factor studies.
Observational (n=342)
This case series highlights the occurrence of neurological complications following congenital heart surgery and notes a low incidence of preoperative neurological disturbances in a selected surgical cohort.
J. W. STEPHENS (1962) conducted an observational in Congenital heart disease (n=342). Congenital heart surgery was evaluated on Preoperative neurological disturbance. Among 342 patients undergoing congenital heart surgery, preoperative neurological disturbance was present in 14 cases (4.1%).
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