Venturini Massimo, Zambon Massimo, Cristel Giulia, Agostini Giulia, Querques Giulia, Colombo Michele, Benussi Stefano, Landoni Giovanni, Zangrillo Alberto, Del Maschio Alessandro
Department of Radiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2014 Feb;42(2):112-5. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22052. Epub 2013 Apr 22.
Cardiac surgery can have severe neurologic complications. The noninvasive monitoring of intracranial circulation during heart surgery is usually performed with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. We present the case of a 66-year-old man who underwent elective cardiac surgery for aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft, in whom monitoring was performed by simultaneously assessing blood flow velocity in the central retinal artery and vein.