PMID: 26329628Sep 4, 2015Paper

Cardiac Surgery in Two Patients with Parkinson's Disease who were Using Deep Brain Stimulation Devices

Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Kazutaka HoriuchiTakeshi Yuasa

Abstract

For the treatment of Parkinson's disease, deep brain stimulation( DBS) devices are implanted for the control of motor symptoms including tremor. We performed cardiac surgery in 2 patients with Parkinson's disease who were using DBS devices. Coronary artery bypass was performed in one patient, and closure of ventricular septal perforation after acute myocardial infarction was performed in the other. There is a risk of injury and electromagnetic interference of DBS devices. No device failure or aggravation of Parkinson's symptom was observed in these cases. In many cases of cardiac surgery, various devices are concomitantly used, and the potential interference with the devices should be carefully examined in perioperative management.

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