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Table 5 Details of post-operative severe neurological complications

From: Cerebrovascular complications and outcomes of critically ill adult patients with infective endocarditis

Type of complication

Moderate-to-severe ischemic stroke (23 operated patients)

Minor ischemic stroke (21 operated patients)

Cerebral hemorrhage (16 operated patients)

Normal baseline CT (46 operated patients)

Ischemic complications

4 (17%)

2 (10%)

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

New ischemic stroke in a previously unaffected territory

3 (13%)

2 (10%)

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

New ischemic stroke in an already affected territory

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Hemorrhagic complications

4 (17%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

Hemorrhagic transformation

2 (9%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

New intraparenchymal hemorrhage

2 (9%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

Enlargement of a pre-operative hemorrhage

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  1. CT computed tomography