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- Brandrup-Wognsen, Gunnar, 1958, et al.
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Mortality during the two years after coronary artery bypass grafting in relation to perioperative factors and urgency of operation.
- 1995
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In: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. - : Elsevier BV. - 1010-7940 .- 1873-734X. ; 9:12, s. 685-91
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to describe mortality during the 2-year-period after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in relation to perioperative risk factors and urgency of operation. All the patients in western Sweden were included in whom CABG was performed between June 1988 and June 1991, without concomitant procedures or re-operations. The study was prospective in design. In all, 2000 patients were operated upon and 186 (9.3%) of the operations were acute. There was a significant relationship between the urgency of the operation and mortality. Early mortality was 2.4% in elective operations and 5.4-62.5% in urgent to emergency operations. The 30-day to 2-year mortality was 4.2%. The perioperative risk indicators independently associated with early mortality were neurologic complications, serum-aspartate aminotransferase (S-ASAT) more than 2.0 microkat/l, urgency of operation, the use of circulatory assist devices, re-operation and ventilator time more than 24 h. The risk indicators for mortality after 30 days were pneumothorax, longer intensive care unit (ICU) time, the use of inotropic drugs and neurologic complications. In conclusion, the multivariate analysis reveals the urgency of the operation as a predictor of early mortality after CABG, but no significant association with mortality was found after 30 days. When excluding death within 30 days, three additional independent predictors of mortality were identified.
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- Hazekamp, Mark Gerard, et al.
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Surgery for transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association multicentre study.
- 2010
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In: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1873-734X. ; 38:6, s. 699-706
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Optimal surgical management for patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA), ventricular septal defect (VSD) and left ventricular outflow obstruction (LVOTO) remains controversial. Although the Rastelli operation has been the most widely performed surgical procedure during the past decades, several studies have shown its suboptimal long-term prognosis. Other operations have been developed to improve results. This study was performed to compare the outcomes of the different surgical approaches for patients with TGA, VSD and LVOTO, as well as to determine risk factors for mortality and re-intervention.
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