Global cerebral infarction after aortic arch replacement surgery in a patient with postoperatively revealed factor XII deficiency: a case report

Global cerebral infarction after aortic arch replacement surgery in a patient with postoperatively revealed factor XII deficiency: a case report

Abstract Background This case report presents a case of a patient with global cerebral infarction of uncertain etiology following an emergency surgery for acute type A aortic dissection. As a result, factor XII deficiency was revealed postoperatively. To date, there have been several reports of card...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Yoshida, Shiori Tanaka, Yuki Sato, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kenichi Muramatsu, Masahiro Murakawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Factor XII (FXII)
Factor XII deficiency
Activated clotting time (ACT)
Heparin
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-020-02470-1

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