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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, The Emory Clinic, Inc, 1270 Prince Ave, Suite 303, Athens, GA 30606
(Email: cullen.morris@emoryhealthcare.org).
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The article by Nishiyama and associates [1] addresses an important issue in cardiac surgery, namely, the risk factors for stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) [1]. The purposes of the article are to: (1) identify the incidence and risk factors of strokes after CABG, and (2) examine the temporal pattern of strokes according to the surgical procedure, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) versus on-pump CABG. To accomplish these tasks, the authors reviewed and performed post hoc analysis on a large registry of patients.
The article is unique in its analysis of early and delayed strokes and
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