Neuroendocrine predictors of vasoplegia after cardiopulmonary bypass

ConclusionPreoperative impaired response to low-dose ACTH stimulation test is not a risk factor for post-cardiotomic vasoplegia; conversely, higher preoperative copeptin predicts the complication. On-pump cardiac surgery could be an interesting model of rapid heart failure progression.
Source: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research