Stroke after Aortic Valve Surgery: Results from a Prospective Cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinical stroke after AVR was more common than previously reported, more than double for this same cohort in the STS database, and silent cerebral infarctions were detected in over half of patients undergoing AVR. Clinical stroke complicating AVR is associated with increased length of stay and mortality.
PMID: 24690611 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation - April 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Messé SR, Acker MA, Kasner SE, Fanning M, Giovannetti T, Ratcliffe SJ, Bilello M, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Hargrove WC, Mohler ER, Floyd TF, for the Determining Neurologic Outcomes from Valve Operations (DeNOVO) investigators Tags: Circulation Source Type: research