Preoperative blood urea nitrogen-to-left ventricular ejection fraction ratio is an independent predictor of long-term major adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

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Erdogan T., ÇETİN M., Cinier G., Ozer S., Yolmaz A. S., Karakisi O., ...More

JOURNAL OF THE SAUDI HEART ASSOCIATION, vol.32, no.1, pp.79-85, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.37616/2212-5043.1013
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE SAUDI HEART ASSOCIATION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.79-85
  • Keywords: Blood urea nitrogen, Coronary artery bypass grafting, Left ventricular ejection fraction, Major adverse cardiac event, DIASTOLIC HEART-FAILURE, KIDNEY-FUNCTION, ANGIOTENSIN-II, MORTALITY, CREATININE, RISK, ASSOCIATION, PROGNOSIS, DISEASE, LEVEL
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Long-term mortality rate following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedure is still considered to be high despite advances in surgical techniques and perioperative management. Identifying high-risk patients by using cost-effective and clinically useful parameters is needed.