Preoperative hemoglobin A1c predicts sternal wound infection after coronary artery bypass surgery with bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery grafts

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Halkos, Michael E ^a   Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Lattouf, Omar M ^a   Kilgo, Patrick ^b   Guyton, Robert A ^a   Puskas, John D ^a,c  

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral internal thoracic arteries; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Deep sternal wound infection; Hemoglobin A1c; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY GRAFT; STERNUM; SURVIVAL TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 70349314838     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31819165ec     Document Type: Article

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