Neurological complications are avoidable during CABG

Authors

  • Zulfiqar Haider Department of Cardiac Surgery Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology
  • Anjum Jalal Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Executive Director, Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad
  • Asif Rashid Alamgir Department of Anesthesia Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad.
  • Irfan Rasheed Department of Cardiac Surgery Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14114

Keywords:

Stroke, Coronary Artery Bypass, Atheroembolism, Off-pump, Aorta, Cardio-pulmonary bypass, Morbidity.

Abstract

Objective: To review the incidence of stroke in patients undergoing CABG and the impact of a preventive strategy adopted at tertiary care unit of cardiac surgery.

Methods: The data of all patients who underwent isolated CABG (N= 722) from July 2016 to August 2017 at Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology was retrieved for this retrospective study. All operations were done on cardiopulmonary bypass and cold blood cardioplegia. Numeric data was summarized as Mean

Author Biographies

Zulfiqar Haider, Department of Cardiac Surgery Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology

Associate Professsor Of Cardiac Surgery

 

Anjum Jalal, Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Executive Director, Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad

Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Executive Director,

Asif Rashid Alamgir, Department of Anesthesia Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad.

Associate Professor of Anesthesia

 

Irfan Rasheed, Department of Cardiac Surgery Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Faisalabad

Registrar of Cardiac Surgery

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Published

2018-01-22

How to Cite

Haider, Z., Jalal, A., Alamgir, A. R., & Rasheed, I. (2018). Neurological complications are avoidable during CABG. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14114

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2018): January – February 2018

Section

Original Articles