Is minimally invasive valve surgery with antegrade perfusion strategy associated with increased neurologic complications?
A minimally invasive approach with antegrade perfusion does not result in increased neurologic complications. Retrograde perfusion, however, is associated with increased neurologic risk in older patients.
In this large series of patients undergoing (123)I MIBG scintigraphy, the test served only to confirm diagnostic impressions and corroborate anatomic imaging. The (123)I MIBG did not alter the operative management of any patient with a solitary adrenal lesion in the clinical context of biochemically-proven catecholamine excess.