Circulatory support after coronary artery surgery.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-1983
Abstract
An important change in the pattern of pharmacologic and mechanical circulatory support following coronary artery surgery has been noted in Newfoundland. The authors studied two groups of patients: group 1, 119 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass procedures from 1975 to 1978 and group 2, 344 similar patients studied from 1979 to 1982. Both groups of patients had similar left ventricular function and similar numbers of grafts per patient were inserted (group 1, 2.6; group 2, 2.8). There was a great reduction in the need for perioperative circulatory support (group 1, 34%; group 2, 6%), associated with a notable reduction in the rate of myocardial infarction perioperatively (group 1, 24%; group 2, 4.9%). This improvement resulted from the routine use of invasive hemodynamic monitoring and cold blood cardioplegia in group 2 patients.
Volume
26
Issue
3
First Page
233
Last Page
235
ISSN
0008-428X
Published In/Presented At
Theman, T. E., & Reid, D. (1983). Circulatory support after coronary artery surgery. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 26(3), 233–235.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6601978
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article