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Spinal cord ischemia associated with cardiac arrest
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. akbozkurt@yahoo.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|June 25, 2002
Abstract:
Ischemic spinal cord damage from cardiac arrest is rare. A 48-year-old man underwent a straightforward retroperitoneal aortofemoral bypass operation. The following day, he developed cardiac arrest and was resuscitated successfully, but permanent paraplegia was observed soon afterwards.