Risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting: effect of age and comorbidities

Charlotte Mérie, Lars Køber, Peter Skov Olsen, Charlotte Andersson, Jan Skov Jensen, Christian Torp-Pedersen

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    Abstract

    The risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is known to increase dramatically with age. During recent years, the age of patients operated on has increased and concomitant therapy has changed. Therefore, we have re-evaluated the risk of stroke after CABG.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalStroke
    Volume43
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)38-43
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0039-2499
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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