The association between aortic cross clamp time and postoperative morbidity and mortality in mitral valve repair: a retrospective cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients undergoing mitral valve repair surgery a longer aortic cross clamp time was not associated with postoperative complications and mortality. The higher postoperative morbidity and mortality in combined procedures appears to be due to a higher age, more comorbidities and an extra intervention rather than to the duration of aortic cross clamp time. PMID: 29430884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research