Outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients with epilepsy: A nationwide analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess outcomes after cardiac surgery in patients with epilepsy.

Methods

We queried the 2016-2019 Nationwide Readmissions Database for adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, valve and aortic surgeries, or combination procedures. We compared mortality at index admission, complications, and 90-day readmissions between groups of patients with and without epilepsy before and after propensity-score matching. We used logistic regression analysis to evaluate the risk of adverse postoperative outcomes in the epilepsy group compared with their counterparts without epilepsy.

Results

There were 1,104,303 patients identified who underwent cardiac surgery; of those, 15,492 (1.4%) had epilepsy. Patients with epilepsy more often had additional comorb

SUBMITTER: Cabulong AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12745099 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature