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Does preoperative screening with computed tomography of the chest decrease risk of stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

BACKGROUND: Stroke is one of the most feared complications post coronary artery bypass with aortic calcifications being the commonest source of embolic stroke. The aim of our study was to determine the clinical impact and usefulness of routine use of plain chest computerised tomography to screen for...

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Autores principales: Albacker, Turki B., Alhothali, Abdulaziz M., Alhomeidan, Majid, Arafat, Amr A., Algarni, Khaled D., Eldemerdash, Ahmed, Bakir, Bakir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10102793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37064355
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims-22-1047