Translation is an important buzzword these days. In medicine, the term has usually been used to describe the interface between basic science and clinical research. Another type of translation is to use analyses of the results of clinical research and clinical outcomes to define the management of patients in hospitals and clinics. The report in this issue of the Archives by Li et al1 that describes the results of more than 4000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures at 1 hospital provides an opportunity to review what is known about the neurological complications of elective coronary artery surgery and, more important, to editorialize about how the results should be translated into action.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF ELECTIVE CABG SURGERY
What Are the Neurological Complications and How Frequent and Important Are They?
An estimated 1 million patients undergo cardiac surgery each year throughout the world. Coronary artery bypass graft is the most common major cardiovascular operation performed. Strokes are relatively common and are among the most . . . [Full Text of this Article]
What Is the Relation of Internal Carotid Artery Disease to the Neurological Complications?
What Are the Causes of the Neurological Complications?
HOW ARE PATIENTS WHO HAVE ELECTIVE CABG SURGERY NOW MANAGED?
HOW SHOULD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ELECTIVE CABG SURGERY BE TRANSLATED INTO ACTION?
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