Significance of changes in resting left ventricular ejection fraction after coronary artery bypass grafting

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 102; no. 5; pp. 736 - 744
• Main Authors: Jacobson, AF, Tow, DE, Lapsley, D, Barsamian, EM, Jose, M, Khuri, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA AATS/WTSA 01.11.1991; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Arrhythmias, Cardiac - etiology; Biological and medical sciences; Bundle-Branch Block - etiology; Cardiac Tamponade - etiology; Coronary Artery Bypass - adverse effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Block - etiology; Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Heart Diseases - etiology; Heart Diseases - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Postoperative Period; Prognosis; Radionuclide Ventriculography; Reoperation; Stroke Volume - physiology; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Human; Treatment; Bypass; Surgery; Coronary artery; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Left ventricle; Ejection fraction

The prognostic significance of changes in resting left ventricular ejection fraction was examined in 102 patients who underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting. Between preoperative and early postoperative radionuclide ventriculography, mean resting left ventricular ejection fraction impr...