학술논문

New White Matter Brain Injury After Infant Heart Surgery Is Associated With Diagnostic Group and the Use of Circulatory Arrest.
Document Type
Article
Source
Circulation. 3/5/2013, Vol. 127 Issue 9, p971-979. 9p.
Subject
*MEDICAL research
*BRAIN injuries
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*BRAIN surgery
*SURGICAL complications
Language
ISSN
0009-7322
Abstract
The article presents a study that investigates the nature, timing and consequences of brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging in a cohort of young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. It reveals that white matter injury (WMI) was the commonest type of injury both before and after surgery. It indicates that MWI occurs at the same rate in infants ubdergoing surgery with or without cardiopulmonary bypass.