Global cerebral ischemia occurs commonly in patients who have a variety of clinical
conditions including cardiac arrest (CA), shock, and asphyxia and in patients undergoing …

Because of recent technical advances, it is now possible to record and monitor the
continuous digital electroencephalogram (EEG) of many critically ill patients simultaneously …

Objectives: We performed a meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing coronary artery
bypass graft surgery (CABG) with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) …

Improved embolism protection devices comprises fibers that can have one configuration for
delivery of the device and a second configuration in which the device is deployed for filtering …

4.550, 126 A 10/1985 Lorenz within a patient's vessel. Upon release, the structure can be
4,793,348 A 12/1988 Palmaz configured to filter flow through the vessel. The material of …

Cerebral injury is a major cause of mortality and morbidity of coronary artery bypass grafting.
Stroke occurs in 3% of patients and is largely caused by embolization of atheromatous …

Vascular dementia is a transversal phenomenon in different kinds of neurodegenerative
diseases involving acute and chronic brain alterations. Specifically, the role of phospholipids …

6,645,223 B2 11/2003 Boyle et al. 4,832,055 A 5/1989 Palestrant 6,652,505 B1 1 1/2003
Tsugita 5,059.205 A 10/1991 El-Nounou et al. 6,676,682 B1 1/2004 Tsugita et al. 5,200,248 …

Experimentally transient global cerebral ischemia using animal models have been
thoroughly studied and numerous reports suggest the involvement of oxidative stress in the …

BACKGROUND: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery reduces the
intraoperative cerebral embolic load and may therefore cause less brain injury. The main …