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Avoiding stroke during cardiac surgery.

Kristine Kellermann1, Bettina Jungwirth

  • 1Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.

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Stroke is a significant risk after cardiac surgery. Non-pharmacological strategies help detect and reduce stroke events, but prevention requires a personalized combination of approaches.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Neurology
  • Surgical Science

Background:

  • Cardiac surgery carries a 2%-13% risk of stroke, often multifactorial with embolism as a primary cause.
  • Despite its frequency, routine guidelines for pharmacological or non-pharmacological stroke prevention are lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies for stroke prevention during cardiac surgery.
  • To highlight the importance of a multimodal approach in mitigating stroke risk.

Main Methods:

  • Review of non-pharmacological techniques: brain oxygenation monitoring (near-infrared spectroscopy, Transcranial Doppler), epiaortic/transesophageal echocardiography, specialized cannulae/filters, cerebral perfusion strategies, and perioperative control of temperature and glucose.
  • Discussion of pharmacological agents: NMDA-receptor antagonists (Remacemide), adenosine-regulating substances (acadesine), free radical scavengers (edaravone), and local anesthetics (lidocaine), referencing preclinical and clinical trial data.

Main Results:

  • Non-pharmacological strategies can detect injurious events and ameliorate stroke and its sequelae.
  • While many pharmacological agents show promise in preclinical models, clinical validation is pending. Remacemide demonstrated neuroprotection, and acadesine, edaravone, and lidocaine are under investigation.

Conclusions:

  • Stroke remains a significant complication of cardiac surgery.
  • Effective stroke prevention likely necessitates an individualized combination of non-pharmacological and potentially pharmacological strategies due to the multifactorial etiology.