Open AccessPreoperative frontal QRS-T angle is an independent correlate of hospital length of stay and predictor of haemodynamic support requirement following off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Author(s) -
Erkan Kaya,
Kubilay Karabacak,
Murat Kadan,
Kadri Murat Gürses,
Duygu Koçyiğit,
Suat Doğancı,
Vedat Yıldırım,
Ufuk Demirkılıç
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivv084
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodynamics , cardiology , artery , coronary artery bypass surgery , intra aortic balloon pumping , surgery , intra aortic balloon pump , myocardial infarction , cardiogenic shock
With the adoption of novel operative techniques and aggressive care protocols that facilitate earlier extubation and mobilization of patients, postoperative length of stay (LOS) following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has declined. However, there is paucity of information regarding preoperative electrocardiographic predictors of LOS following CABG. In this study, we investigated whether frontal QRS-T angle, which is an abnormal repolarization marker in prediction of various cardiovascular events, was an independent correlate of postoperative hospital LOS for off-pump CABG. Furthermore, we evaluated independent predictors of vasopressor agent/intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support requirement following off-pump CABG.
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