title: Effect of coronary bypass and cardiac valve surgery on systemic endothelial function.
abstract: Seventeen patients scheduled for a cardiac procedure necessitating cardiopulmonary bypass underwent serial perioperative assessment of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation. Patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery had a sustained systemic endothelial dysfunction in the perioperative period, whereas those undergoing cardiac valve surgery experienced transient postoperative systemic endothelial dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morelos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amyot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mazzone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glauber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biagini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology