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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1556–1563. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.035

Table 5.

Causes of Death Stratified by Timing of Stroke

Time to Stroke, No. (%)
Cause of Death ≤24 Hours >24 Hours p Valuea
Patient, total 31 27
Withdrawal of supportive care due to poor neurologic prognosis 25 (80.6) 22 (81.5) 0.23
Aspiration with resultant respiratory failure 3 (9.7) 2 (7.4) 0.15
Intracranial herniation and brain death 3 (9.7) 2 (7.4) 0.15
Pulmonary embolism and resultant hemodynamic collapse 0 (0) 1 (3.7) 0.12
a

Student t test, χ2 test, or Fisher exact test, where appropriate.