Risk factors for stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: Stroke is a feared complication after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG), with an incidence between 1.3 and 4.3%.

Very late clinical progression of patients with acute myocardial infarction submitted to primary angioplasty.

Background: Information on the clinical progression, in the long term, of patients submitted to mechanical reperfusion is scarce.

Objective: The objective of this study is to describe the long-term clinical progression of patients submitted to primary stenting.

Methods: Between January 1998 and December 2003 we studied a non-concurring cohort with a fixed population of 202 patients (mean age = 61.

Postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft: clinical factors associated with in-hospital death.

Objective: To identify factors associated with a higher likelihood of in-hospital death in patients submitted to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) who developed atrial fibrillation (AF) postoperatively.

Methods: The authors analyzed data from 397 consecutive patients submitted to CABG that developed AF postoperatively between 2000 and 2003. The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 (G1) comprised patients who survived (n=369); and group 2 (G2) comprised patients who died during hospital stay (n=28).