Study Examines Stroke Risk Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical AssociationAmong 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, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.