Population
173 consecutive patients with a history of previous cerebrovascular accident undergoing general anesthesia…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Perioperative period
Authors
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Suggests timing since prior stroke may not affect perioperative CVA risk; leaves open need for prospective validation before changing practice.
The risk of perioperative stroke in patients with a prior stroke is low (2.9%) and, unlike myocardial infarction, does not appear to depend on the time elapsed since the previous infarct.
Jeffrey Landercasper (1990) studied this question.
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