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Volume 102, Issue 4 , Pages 411-417 , 15 August 2008

Impact of Early and Delayed Stroke on In-Hospital and Long-Term Mortality After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Ioannis K. Toumpoulis, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios C. Angouras, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Maria A. Kariou, RN
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Daniel G. Swistel, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
Chris K. Rokkas, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Attikon Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.

Received 29 January 2008 ,Revised 29 March 2008 ,Accepted 29 March 2008.

(A) Kaplan-Meier survival plots of patients with CABG without stroke (1), with early stroke (2), and with delayed stroke (3). (B) Risk-adjusted Kaplan-Meier survival plots of the same groups (adjusted

(A) Kaplan-Meier survival plots of patients with CABG without stroke (1), with early stroke (2), and with delayed stroke (3). (B) Risk-adjusted Kaplan-Meier survival plots of the same groups (adjusted for all variables listed in Table 5). HR = hazard ratio.
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Risk-adjusted hazard estimates of patients with CABG without stroke (1), with early stroke (2), and with delayed stroke (3).

Risk-adjusted hazard estimates of patients with CABG without stroke (1), with early stroke (2), and with delayed stroke (3).
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