Utility of a Simple Algorithm to Grade Diastolic Dysfunction and Predict Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Swaminathan M, Nicoara A, Phillips-Bute BG, Aeschlimann N, Milano CA, Mackensen GB, Podgoreanu MV, Velazquez EJ, Stafford-Smith M, Mathew JP, Group C. Utility of a Simple Algorithm to Grade Diastolic Dysfunction and Predict Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2011, 91: 1844-1850. PMID: 21492828, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular diastolic dysfunctionMajor adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryDiastolic dysfunctionGraft surgeryLong-term major adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery bypass graft patientsMitral annular tissue velocityEarly flow velocityAdverse cardiac eventsVentricular diastolic dysfunctionBypass graft patientsLVDD gradeMedian followGraft patientsCardiac eventsEchocardiographic variablesCardiac surgeryCox modelingMore patientsPredicts outcomeTissue DopplerHigh incidence