Anaortic coronary surgery using the Π-circuit is associated with a low incidence of perioperative neurological complications
Author(s) -
Sotirios Prapas,
Antonio M. Calafiore,
Konstantinos Katsavrias,
Ιoannis Panagiotopoulos,
Ioannis N. Linardakis,
Fabrizio Tancredi,
Massimiliano Foschi,
Michele Di Mauro
Publication year - 2018
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/ezy224
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , cardiology , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , bypass grafting , cohort , incidence (geometry) , magnetic resonance imaging , artery , mortality rate , surgery , radiology , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering , endocrinology
Our goal was to compare the observed and the expected rates of postoperative cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) in a large cohort of consecutive patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using the ∏-circuit as a no-touch technique.
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