Methods for preventing neurological events

摘要

The present invention relates to therapeutic methods for preventing or reducing neurological events utilizing a glycosaminoglycan and a serpin, including complexes and conjugates thereof. Methods of the present invention may be advantageous for preventing or reducing neurological events prior to, or during medical or surgical procedures, and after a neurological event. In particular, the present invention deals with neurological events associated with the generation of emboli that can lodge in the brain and/or cerebral circulation during cardiac surgery.