Sex Differences in Ischemic Stroke Readmission Rates and Subsequent Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Prior studies examining sex-related risk of readmission for ischemic stroke (IS) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) did not adjust for preoperative comorbidities and used small study samples that were single-center or otherwise poorly generalizable. We assessed risk of readmission for IS after CABG for females compared to males in a nationwide sample.

https://www.strokejournal.org/article/S1052-3057(21)00061-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 20, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Marianna Atiya, Emily Schorr, Laura K. Stein, Amit S. Dhamoon, Mandip S. Dhamoon Source Type: research

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