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Dislodged Clot During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: From the Heart to the Brain.

Jose Danilo Bengzon DiestroRahul BhindiJohnston T TeCarmen Parra-FarinasMichael J KutrykThomas R Marotta
Published in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2020)
Among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), large series have documented the incidence of post-PCI ischemic stroke to be 0.1-0.56%. Although the complication is uncommon, stroke in this subset of patients is associated with increased in-hospital mortality, longer hospital stay, and poorer discharge outcomes.1-3.
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