Cerebral Energy State in Cardiac Surgery

Patients undergoing primary, elective coronary artery bypass grafting were blindly randomized to usual range MAP (40 to 60 mmHg; n = 5) or intervention group MAP (60 to 80 mmHg; n = 5) during CPB. MD catheters were positioned in a retrograde direction in the internal jugular vein and a reference catheter was inserted into the brachial artery. The relations between LP ratio, MAP, data obtained from bi-frontal NIRS and neurological outcome measures were assessed.