Vinícius José da Silva Nina, Maria Iracema de Amorim Rocha, Rayssa Fiterman Rodrigues, Vanessa Carvalho de Oliveira, João Lívio Linhares Teixeira, Eduardo Durans Figueredo, Rachel Vilela de Abreu Haickel Nina, Carlos Antonio Coimbra Sousa
INTRODUCTION: Neurological dysfunction is a feared postoperative morbidity of cardiac surgery, an important cause of death and increased spending in hospitals. Its prediction, however, is still uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To assess the applicability of a preoperative score as a predictor of neurological dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). METHODS: Prospective study that evaluated 77 patients who underwent CABG from February to October 2011...
July 2012: Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular