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Extensive intracerebral hemorrhage during open-heart surgery

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Massive intracerebral hemorrhage developed during open heart surgery on a normotensive patient. This type of hemorrhage ia a rare complication in such surgical procedures. The clinical and pathological findings suggest that drug-induced hypertension, systemic heparinization, and preexisting cerebrovascular damage are associated with the pathogenesis of the lesion.

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  1. The Department of Pathology, St. Louis University, 1402 S. Grand, 63104, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

    James S. Nelson, Mary E. S. Case & Jonathan Gold

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Post-doctoral fellow in neuropathology supportedby NIH fellowship 6 FO2 GM 52675

Dr. Gold is presently a neurosurgery resident in the St. Louis University Hospitals

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Nelson, J.S., Case, M.E.S. & Gold, J. Extensive intracerebral hemorrhage during open-heart surgery. Acta Neuropathol 25, 163–165 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00687561

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