Percutaneous coronary intervention as a trigger for stroke

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The American Journal of Cardiology, 10/18/2016Varmdal T, et al.

This study suggests that first 2 days after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a vulnerable period for ischemic stroke development and the relative risk of stroke thereafter decreases gradually, but continues to remain elevated for 8 weeks.

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