“…Risk factors for perioperative stroke include conventional vascular risk factors (i.e., age, sex, or a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack), the type of surgery (i.e., cardiovascular surgery or neurosurgery), or specific intraoperative events. Among patients who underwent mitral valve surgery, the factors associated with perioperative stroke were as follows: age, sex, emergency surgery, arrhythmias, hypertension, renal failure, coagulopathy, neurological disorders, weight loss, anemia, postoperative cardiac arrest, and myocardial infarction [ 20 ]. These risk factors can be categorized into modifiable or non-modifiable factors.…”