Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2008
Multicenter StudyPulse pressure and risk of adverse outcome in coronary bypass surgery.
Among ambulatory patients, an increase in pulse pressure (PP) is a well-established determinant of vascular risk. The relationship of PP and acute perioperative vascular outcome among patients having coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is less well known. ⋯ An increase in PP was independently and significantly associated with greater fatal and nonfatal adverse cerebral and cardiac outcomes in patients having CABG surgery. These findings highlight the associated risks of preoperative PP on acute postoperative vascular outcomes.