Predictors of intracranial cerebral artery stenosis in patients before cardiac surgery and its impact on perioperative and long-term stroke risk.

CONCLUSION: The occurrence of intracranial artery stenosis in CABG patients cannot be predicted by well-known atherosclerotic risk factors and seems not to be associated with perioperative stroke. PMID: 26652874 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26652874?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - November 1, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Luchowski P, Wojczal J, Buraczynska K, Kozlowicz M, Stazka J, Rejdak K Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research

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