Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia

Predictors and Outcomes of Stroke After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A Single-Center Experience in 20,582 Patients

J Cardiothorac Vasc AnesthPublished Retrospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Stroke after CABG is associated with high early and late mortality. Age, peripheral vascular disease, and the year of surgery were associated with postoperative stroke.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), Catharina Hospital (Eindhoven), January 1998–February 2019
Participants
20,582 patients
Outcome
Postoperative stroke (international updated definition for stroke)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
  • Single-centre

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Postoperative stroke

Stroke incidence

142 patients

0.7%

Strokes during the first 72 hours

75

52.8%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

30-day mortality

P < 0.001

Late mortality (Cox regression)

Odds ratio (CI)
Postoperative strokeIndependent predictor of late mortality2.13 (1.73–2.64)
OutcomeP value
Long-term survivalWorse long-term survival with postoperative strokelog-rank p < 0.001

Original publication

Predictors and Outcomes of Stroke After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. A Single-Center Experience in 20,582 Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 13 April 2023. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.012

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