Effect of coronary bypass and cardiac valve surgery on systemic endothelial function.
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.
Morelos
M
M
CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
Amyot
R
R
Picano
E
E
Rodriguez
O
O
Mazzone
A M
AM
Glauber
M
M
Biagini
A
A
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