Abstract
In a retrospective case-control study, we identified 18 patients who had neurologic symptoms associated with coronary artery bypass grafting, or 1.3% of all patients who had this operation. Cerebral infarction and anoxic encephalopathy accounted for almost all the complications. The overall mortality was 33%, higher among those with an intraoperative compared with a postoperative deficit. Prior cerebrovascular risk factors as well as intraoperative hypotension were no more prevalent in patients with complications than in age-matched controls who had the same operation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1032-1035 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Neurology |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| State | Published - Aug 1981 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
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González-Scarano, F., & Hurtig, H. I. (1981). Neurologic complications of coronary artery bypass grafting: Case-control study. Neurology, 31(8), 1032-1035.