Studies from Magna Graecia University provide new data on heart bypass surgery

"We evaluated the association between the preoperative use of intraaortic balloon pumping and in-hospital and long-term outcomes in high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. From 714 total patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting during a 4-year period, we compared the clinical, biochemical, and echocardiographic findings up to 1 year after surgery between 111 patients who had a European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) of 12 or greater and received intraaortic balloon pumping preoperatively (group A) and 130 patients who had a EuroSCORE of 5 or less and received no preoperative intraaortic balloon pumping (group B)," scientists...

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