| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5583147 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2017 | 3 Pages |
Abstract
Movement disorders following heart surgery are very unusual. Post-pump chorea is mainly a pediatric complication of heart surgery, typically manifesting after a latent period of normality and is usually related with long extracorporeal circulation time and deep hypothermia. We report a 73-year-old woman, without risk factors predisposing to paroxysmal movement disorders, presenting acute choreoathetoid movements 5 days after aortic valvular replacement with normal extracorporeal circulation time and perioperative normothermia.
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Authors
Michela (Resident in Neurology), Frédéric (Resident in Neurology), Jonathan (Anaesthesiologist), André (Neurologist), Adrian (Professor of Neurology), Anne (Professor of Neurology),