oronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been performed more extensively in China. With surgical improvement in technology, more and more elderly patients with coronary artery disease who have suffered with multiple organ dysfunction have had CABG been performed on them, and the postoperative hypoxemia seems to be on the increase. Some reports revealed that many factors and the interaction of these factors leads to postoperative hypoxemia following CABG. [1][2][3] In this study, the pre-, intra-, and post-operative materials in patients with coronary artery disease who had CABG performed on them from March 2004 to March 2008 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. The relative risk factors were tested through descriptive analysis and logistic regression, the independent high risk factors of postoperative hypoxemia were obtained, and the aim is to prevent and treat postoperative hypoxemia after CABG.
Circulation Journal Vol.72, December 2008
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PatientsFrom March 2004 to March 2007, 576 patients (412 male and 164 female, mean age 68.36 years) suffering from coronary artery disease had CABG performed on them in our hospital. Among these cases, 422 suffered from stable angina, and 154 instable angina. Coronary artery angiography revealed that double vessel disease was observed in 54 cases, triple vessel disease in 522 cases, and 150 cases were concurrent with left main trunk disease; 50 cases were concurrent with left ventricular aneurysm. The 382 cases were performed with a beating heart CABG (including 66 cases with cardiopulmonary bypass) and 194 cases with an onpump CABG. The number of bypass graftings ranged from 2 to 5 (mean 2.96 per case). The Swan-Ganz transcatheter was used to monitor hymodynamic parameters intra-and postoperatively. A blood gas analyzer (i-STAT Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, USA) was used to measure the arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and arterial oxygen saturation pre-, intra-and postoperatively. A Doppler-Ultrasound (VIVID 7) was used to measure the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular endo-diastolic diameter (LVEDD) pre-and post-operatively.
MethodsThe investigated materials were as follows: sex, age, smoking history and smoking index, preoperative acute cardiac infarction, preoperative hypertension, preoperative diabetes, preoperative chronic pulmonary diseases, pre- J 2008; 72: 1975 -1980 (Received April 14, 2008 revised manuscript received June 18, 2008; accepted July 15, 2008; released online October 17, 2008 518-8.543) are the 3 independent risk factors after decannulation following CABG. Conclusions Preoperative chronic pulmonary diseases, preoperative acute myocardial infarction, and preoperative diabetes are 3 independent risk factors of postoperative hypoxemia following CABG. (Circ J 2008; 72: 1975 -1980
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