Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Risk Factors for Stroke Development After Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Authors' conclusion
Lower hemoglobin, longer duration of cardiopulmonary bypass, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, and postoperative hypothermia are potential risk factors for postoperative stroke.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing surgical repair of thoracic aortic diseases (ascending aortic aneurysm or type A aortic dissection), tertiary high-volume cardiac surgery centre, 2017–2021533 aneurysms · 171 dissections
- Participants
- 704 patients
- Exposure
- Stroke vs nonstroke after thoracic aortic surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Postoperative stroke incidence, ascending aortic aneurysm
4.5%
95% CI 2.9%–6.6%
Postoperative stroke incidence, type A aortic dissection
12.3%
95% CI 7.8%–18.16%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Intraoperative hemoglobin
P < 0.001
CPB time
P = 0.014
Circulatory arrest use
P = 0.017
Initial temperature after leaving operating room
P = 0.021
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