Proenkefalin A and protachykinin in ischemic neurological complications after cardiac surgery
Aim The evaluation of biomarkers of acute ischemic brain injury following surgical revascularization of the heart with the use of the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass, CPB).Methods Twenty consecutive patients were divided into two groups: the first 10 patients received a potential neuroprotective humanrecombinant erythropoietin, while the...
By Milan Skitek, Aleš Jerin