Predictors and Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke After Cardiac Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: Stroke is a devastating complication following cardiac surgery, which increases operative morbidity and mortality. Stroke with LVO was associated with worse survival. However, early intervention did not impart a survival benefit. PMID: 32199830 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - March 17, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sultan I, Bianco V, Kilic A, Jovin T, Jadhav A, Jankowitz B, Aranda-Michel E, D'angelo MP, Navid F, Wang Y, Thoma F, Gleason TG Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research