Precardiopulmonary Bypass Right Ventricular Function Is Associated with Poor Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

• Published in: Anesthesia and analgesia Vol. 95; no. 6; pp. 1507 - 1518
• Main Authors: Maslow, Andrew D, Regan, Meredith M, Panzica, Peter, Heindel, Stephanie, Mashikian, John, Comunale, Mark E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD International Anesthesia Research Society 01.12.2002; Lippincott
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia; Anesthesia depending on type of surgery; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Coronary Artery Bypass; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Systole - physiology; Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Cardiopulmonary bypass; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Right; Human; Postoperative; Prognosis; Right ventricle performance; Cardiovascular disease; General anesthesia; Heart ventricle; Left ventricular failure; Coronary heart disease; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Aortocoronary; Bypass; Heart disease; Surgery; Risk factor; Complication; Preoperative

Patients with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have an increased risk for morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of pre-CABG right ventricular (RV) function with outcome for patients with s...