The effect of preoperative liver dysfunction on cardiac surgery outcomes

The effect of preoperative liver dysfunction on cardiac surgery outcomes

Abstract Background To determine the impact of preoperative Liver Dysfunction (LD) on outcomes after elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and Valvular surgery (VS). Methods The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002–2010) was queried to identify patients with LD who had elective CABG or VS uti...

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Main Authors: Luiz Araujo, Viktor Dombrovskiy, Wali Kamran, Ashleigh Lemaire, Antonio Chiricolo, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Coronary artery disease
Cirrhosis
Heart failure
Bleeding
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0636-y

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