Study examines stroke risk among patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 16:28 in Health & Medicine

Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, post-operative stroke occurred in approximately 2 percent, was not correlated with significant carotid artery narrowing, but was more common among patients who had combined cardiac and carotid procedures, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology.

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