PMID: 8607669Apr 1, 1996Paper

Valve replacement in patients with endocarditis and acute neurologic deficit

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
A M GillinovP S Greene

Abstract

Acute neurologic deficits occur in up to 40% of patients with left heart endocarditis. Appropriate evaluation and management of patients with acute neurologic dysfunction who require valve operations for endocarditis remain controversial. This retrospective review was undertaken to develop recommendations for the evaluation and treatment of these challenging patients. From 1983 to 1995, 247 patients underwent operations for left heart native valve endocarditis at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. From a review of medical and pathology records, 34 patients (14%) with preoperative neurologic deficits were identified. Data on these 34 patients were recorded and analyzed. Causes of neurologic dysfunction included embolic cerebrovascular accident (n = 23, 68%), embolic cerebrovascular accident with hemorrhage (n = 4, 12%), ruptured mycotic aneurysm (n = 3, 9%), transient ischemic attack (n = 2, 6%), and meningitis (n = 2, 6%). Preoperative diagnostic studies included computed tomography (32 patients), magnetic resonance imaging (11 patients), cerebral angiogram (14 patients), and lumbar puncture (2 patients). Computed tomography demonstrated structural lesions in 29 of 32 patients; in only 1 patient did magnetic resonance imaging reveal a...Continue Reading

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