Open AccessPreoperative Cerebrovascular Evaluation in Patients With Infective Endocarditis
Author(s) -
Behrouz Réza
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.22400
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , perioperative , embolization , surgery , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Approximately 12% to 40% of infective endocarditis patients experience cerebrovascular complications. One of the major clinical challenges in cerebrovascular medicine is management of infective endocarditis patients with cerebrovascular complications who require valve operations. Cerebrovascular specialists are often summoned to address appropriate preoperative brain imaging, timing of surgery, and estimation of the risk of perioperative cerebral embolization and hemorrhage. This article addresses these issues based on the available evidence.