Neurologic complications arising from CABG substantially increase mortality, hospital length of stay, and use of care facilities on discharge.59 With more than 800,000 myocardial revascularization procedures now occurring annually throughout the world, attention to.
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) for myocardial revascularization is the most frequently performed cardiac surgery.Indeed, although a more recent intervention, and a far more technically demanding procedure, the evidence base for pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic disease is much clearer than that for acute embolectomy and the outcome is far superior, with most experienced units achieving a 95% hospital survival rate.
