Management of a patient undergoing myocardial revascularization: coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
The contemporary patient undergoing CABG surgery has changed dramatically from patients undergoing the procedure a decade ago. Current patients are older and have more diffuse disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Many of the complications reflect the current characteristics of the CABG surgery patient. Despite these changes, patients can be expected to have good surgical outcomes. New indications for surgical treatment have many implications for a change in the approach to nursing management and nursing research.
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Stanford University Medical Center, California.
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans