Why the study?
What are the risk factors and outcomes of neurologic complications associated with coronary artery bypass grafting?
Population
18 patients who had neurologic symptoms associated with coronary artery bypass grafting and age-matched…
Comparison
Coronary artery bypass grafting complicated by… vs Age-matched controls who underwent CABG without…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Rare post-CABG neurologic events carry high mortality; case-control data leave open unmeasured perioperative predictors.
What are the risk factors and outcomes of neurologic complications associated with coronary artery bypass grafting?
Neurologic complications following CABG are rare (1.3%) but carry a high mortality (33%), and in this cohort, were not predicted by prior cerebrovascular risk factors or intraoperative hypotension.
González‐Scarano et al. (1981) studied this question.
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