Open AccessPerioperative prostate specific antigen levels among coronary artery bypass grafting patients: Does extracorporeal circulation and body temperature induce prostate specific antigen levels alterations?
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Patris,
Konstantinos Giakoumidakis,
Vasileios Patris,
Manoj Kuduvalli,
Mihalis Argiriou,
Christos Charitos,
Christos Kalaitzis,
Stavros Touloupidis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.148619
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , extracorporeal circulation , artery , bypass grafting , prostate specific antigen , urology , prostate , anesthesia , cardiology , surgery , cancer
The purpose of this study is to compare the perioperative total prostate specific antigen (tPSA) levels among coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients with and without extracorporeal circulation (ECC), to investigate the changes overtime of tPSA in each group separately and to determine the effect of body core temperature on tPSA levels.