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Perioperative stroke: evaluation, management, and possible preventive measures

Roger E Kelley1

  • 1Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA.

Comprehensive Therapy
|January 1, 2003
PubMed

Mechanisms of perioperative ischemic stroke include: hypotension, hypercoagulability, arrhythmias with embolism, or direct vascular insult. Mechanisms of perioperative hemorrhagic stroke include: use of antithrombotics, hypertension, or direct vascular insult.

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