Open AccessMinimally invasive extracorporeal circulation improves quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting
Author(s) -
Kyriakos Anastasiadis,
Polychronis Antonitsis,
Georgia Kostarellou,
Athanassios Kleontas,
Apostolos Deliopoulos,
Vassilios Grosomanidis,
Helena Argiriadou
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezw210
Subject(s) - extracorporeal circulation , bypass grafting , artery , grafting , cardiology , medicine , circulation (fluid dynamics) , extracorporeal , materials science , engineering , composite material , aerospace engineering , polymer
The effect on postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (cCPB) and off-pump surgery has been investigated extensively; however, there are no studies focusing on HRQoL after surgery with minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC). Therefore, we sought to prospectively investigate the effect of MiECC on postoperative HRQoL when compared with cCPB in patients undergoing CABG over a short-term (3-month) follow-up period.
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