Determination of Cerebrovascular Accident Predictors in Patients with New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is associated with an increased risk of short and long-term stroke. Our aim is to identify the independent predictors of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) development in the patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and developed POAF which lasted within 48 h.

https://www.strokejournal.org/article/S1052-3057(20)31009-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 12, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Ali Riza Demir, Omer Celik, Begum Uygur, Mustafa Umut Somuncu, Emre Yilmaz, Yalcin Avci, Muhammed Bayram, Mehmet Erturk Source Type: research

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