Observational StudyOutcomes After Perioperative Stroke Following Cardiac Surgery

Perioperative stroke is a devastating complication of cardiac surgery that is currently poorly characterized but occurs in 1-5% of patients and is associated with poor outcomes including increased mortality. Given the uncommon nature of this complication, relatively little is known about which factors predict these outcomes among those who experience a perioperative stroke. The study objectives are to identify predictors of mortality, length of stay and discharge disposition after perioperative stroke in cardiac surgery using the prospectively-collected American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database between 2005 and 2020.