Mortality Reduction After a Preincision Safety Check Before Cardiac Surgery: Is It the Aorta?

CONCLUSIONS: The adaptation of aortic surgical handling after a preincision safety check was necessary for 5.9% of cardiac surgeries, with extracardiac atherosclerosis as the strongest predictor. Outcome was not significantly different between patients with and without adaptation. Although promising, it remains unclear whether adaptation may fully explain mortality reduction after the use of a preincision safety check.PMID:35288024 | DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2022.01.047

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 15, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alexander J Spanjersberg Jan Paul Ottervanger Arno P Nierich Marga Hoogendoorn George J Brandon Bravo Bruinsma Source Type: research