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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2007) 4, 379-388
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0915  
Received 24 September 2006 | Accepted 5 April 2007

Technology Insight: brain MRI and cardiac surgery—detection of postoperative brain ischemia

Megan C Leary and Louis R Caplan*

Correspondence *Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Palmer 125, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Email
 lcaplan@bidmc.harvard.edu

The differentiation between acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage following cardiac surgery is critical in making appropriate treatment decisions. In this Technology Insight, Leary and Caplan examine the role of multimodal brain MRI in identifying and delineating the size and location of acute ischemic strokes and intracerebral hemorrhages.

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