Atrioventricular block in coronary artery bypass surgery: perioperative predictors and impact on mortality

AbstractIntroduction:Disturbances of the cardiac conduction system are frequent in the postoperative period of coronary artery bypass surgery. They are mostly reversible and associated with some injury of the conduction tissue, caused by the ischemic heart disease itself or by perioperative factors....

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Main Authors: Ricardo Medeiros Piantá, Andres Di Leoni Ferrari, Aline Almeida Heck, Débora Klein Ferreira, Jacqueline da Costa Escobar Piccoli, Luciano Cabral Albuquerque, João Carlos Vieira da Costa Guaragna, João Batista Petracco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000200006&lng=en&tlng=en