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MH was independently associated with a lower risk of a composite outcome of mortality and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events during repair of acute type A dissection. Use of moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest avoids the detrimental effects of PH without an increase in the risk of neurologic injury in this study.

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We identified diabetes as a potential clinical predictor and plasma fibrinogen, creatinine, and high-density lipoprotein as potential novel biomarkers. These might help risk stratify patients for the development of graft failure. We also demonstrated a novel association between glutathione-S-transferase α3 and graft failure.

Whereas the prevalence of most risk factors increased with time, left ventricular dysfunction and reoperative CABG became significantly less common. However, the odds of mortality associated with these 2 predictors increased, indicating that although they occur less commonly, these 2 risk factors paradoxically play an increasingly important role in determining patient outcomes.

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MCS can successfully convert a large proportion of transplant-ineligible patients into acceptable candidates.

The principle finding from this analysis is a contemporary low operative mortality for CABG in an elderly patient cohort. Risk of death is particularly low in a low-risk subset of elderly patients with reasonable LV function undergoing elective, primary CABG.