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Early Versus Delayed Stroke After Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Mario Gaudino, Mohamed Rahouma, Michele Di Mauro, Bobby Yanagawa, Ahmed Abouarab, Michelle Demetres, Antonino Di Franco, Mohammed J. Arisha, Dina Ibrahim, Massimo Baudo, Leonard N. Girardi, Stephen E. Fremes

Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019

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Background Although it is traditionally regarded as a single entity, perioperative stroke comprises 2 separate phenomena (early/intraoperative and delayed/postoperative stroke). We aimed to systematically evaluate incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcome of early and delayed stroke after cardiac surgery. Methods and Results A systematic review ( MEDLINE , EMBASE , Cochrane Library) was performed to identify all articles reporting early (on awakening from anesthesia) and delayed (after normal awakening from anesthesia) stroke after cardiac surgery. End points were pooled event rates of stroke and operative mortality and incident rate of late mortality. Thirty-six articles were included (174 969 patients). The pooled event rate for early stroke was 0.98% (95% CI 0.79% to 1.23%) and was

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1161/jaha.119.012447
Catalogue ID
SNmohbau85-gqoror
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