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What happens to the brain during mitral valve surgery? what about people with tbi? post-cardiac delirium, is that possible at age 35???
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Brain injury: Youth is no guarantee that complications during mitral valve surgery won't cause brain damage. Mitral fragments can break off and travel to the brain, A decrease in oxygenation, anesthesia misadventures, profound blood pressure changes or certain cardiac dysrhythmias during surgery can cause brain injury also. Fortunately in good hands these complications are rare.
Answered 2/7/2019
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