Coronary artery bypass in the ambulatory patient

Autor: Hanry B. Souto, Marco Antônio Teixeira, Antonio Carlos Botelho da Silva, Ary Getulio de Paula Filho, Márcio Roberto Moraes de Carvalho, Gladyston Luiz Lim Souto, José Bruno Souza, Celme da Silva Caetano
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 123:1008-1009
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.122313
Popis: In past decades, multiple organ dysfunctions 1 provoked by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) have been studied. The short- and long-term results and higher cost of CPB changed the scientific focus, causing less harm to the patient and giving more emphasis to off-pump and minimally invasive surgery. Many articles appeared. Benetti2 and Karagoz and associates3 contributed to the progress of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB). With further investigation, we believe in the possibility of performing a MIDCAB in the ambulatory patient. We therefore operated on a series of selected patients who were totally awake and without orotracheal intubation. They were discharged from the hospital within 24 hours after the operation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE