Multicenter preoperative stroke risk index for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI) Research Group. - Concepedia

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Multicenter preoperative stroke risk index for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI) Research Group.

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1996

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MF Newman, Richard L. Wolman, Marc S. Kanchuger, Katherine E. Marschall, Christina Mora-Mangano, Gary W. Roach, Leanne Smith, Archana Aggarwal, Nancy A. Nussmeier, A Herskowitz,

Abstract

With the McSPI stroke risk index developed in this study, neurological risk can be estimated, and the most appropriate group for perioperative therapy can be identified. Further refinement and validation of this index, however, are necessary and are under way in current studies.