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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:870-871. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.002
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Invited Commentary

Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhDa, Charles W. Hogue, MDb

a Cerebrovascular Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21287
b Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Tower 711, Baltimore, MD 21287

(Email: chogue2@jhmi.edu).

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Filsoufi and colleagues [1] report the results of a retrospective study involving 2985 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures evaluating for the incidence, timing, and topography of perioperative stroke. Stroke was diagnosed in 1.6% of patients, of which 52% were "early" strokes, or those occurring within 24 hours of the operation. The reported frequency and temporal presentation of stroke in this series is similar to other reports and national benchmarking data [2, 3]. Moreover, the patient outcomes and risk factors identified based on multivariable logistic regression analysis, including female sex, were independently associated with risk for stroke and are similar to prior reports [2, 3].

Of interest are the findings from brain imaging studies that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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