Is emergency and salvage coronary artery bypass grafting justified? The Nordic Emergency/Salvage coronary artery bypass grafting study [ADULT CARDIAC]
CONCLUSIONS
Early mortality in patients undergoing emergent and salvage CABG is substantial, especially in salvage patients. Long-term survival is acceptable in both emergent and salvage patients. Life-saving emergency and salvage CABG is justified in most patients but salvage patients have dismal prognosis if cardiac massage is needed during sternotomy.
Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Axelsson, T. A., Mennander, A., Malmberg, M., Gunn, J., Jeppsson, A., Gudbjartsson, T. Tags: Electrophysiology - arrhythmias, Molecular biology ADULT CARDIAC Source Type: research
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