The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1121-1127.e1 , November 2007

Epidemiology of stroke after cardiac surgery in the current era

  • Ani C. Anyanwu, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Farzan Filsoufi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Sacha P. Salzberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • David J. Bronster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
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  • David H. Adams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David H. Adams, MD, Professor and Chairman, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1190 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029.

Received 5 March 2007 ,Revised 5 June 2007 ,Accepted 15 June 2007.

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    Association between stroke and perioperative morbidity.

    Association between stroke and perioperative morbidity.

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    One-year survival after heart surgery stratified by occurrence of stroke. CI, Confidence interval.

    One-year survival after heart surgery stratified by occurrence of stroke. CI, Confidence interval.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01215-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.031

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1121-1127.e1 , November 2007

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