2016
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2015-081
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Tabula viva chirurgi: a living surgical document

Abstract: SummaryAim:The purpose of this article is to present the results of a private cardiac surgical practice. This information could also serve as a hermeneutical text for new wisdom.Methods:A personal database of 1 750 consecutive patients who had had coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was statistically analysed. Mortality and major morbidity figures were compared with large registries. Risk factors for postoperative death were determined.Results:Over a period of 12 years, 1 344 (76.8%) males and 406 (23.… Show more

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“…A review of 17,335 CABG surgeries performed in Spain between 2013 and 2015 demonstrated a crude mortality rate of 5% [ 12 ]. Similarly, Swart et al analysed outcomes post CABG in a South African cardio-thoracic private practice and reported a mortality rate of 3% [ 13 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A review of 17,335 CABG surgeries performed in Spain between 2013 and 2015 demonstrated a crude mortality rate of 5% [ 12 ]. Similarly, Swart et al analysed outcomes post CABG in a South African cardio-thoracic private practice and reported a mortality rate of 3% [ 13 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(12) Low homologous red blood cell consumption in this practice has been reported previously. (17) Lactate is the conjugate base after lactic acid has lost a proton. This is the result of glucose and pyruvate metabolism in a hypoxic environment, but also when there is hypoperfusion of the liver as during CPB.…”
Section: Minimal Extracorporeal Circulationmentioning
confidence: 99%