A substudy of a randomized trial evaluating embolic protection devices in 326 patients undergoing SAVR observed a higher stroke rate in patients with moderate or severe atherosclerosis (8.6% vs 5.9%), although this did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.38) [ 67 ].
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Intimal aortic atherosclerosis in cardiac surgery: surgical strategies to prevent embolic stroke.
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