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Prolonged Aortic Cross-Clamping Time and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time Have a Gradient Effect on Early Mortality in Open-Heart Surgery

Department of Cardiology, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Michel Abdelnoor, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Department of Clinical Research Unit, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Nils B. Fjeld, M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

In 1031 consecutive patients (839 men, 192 women) who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery at Ullev'al Hospital in the period 1988-1990, the risk of early mortality increased in a dose response pattern from increasing aortic cross-clamping time and increasing cardiopulmonary bypass time.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 29, No. 2, 91-97 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/153857449502900202


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