The authors present the results of 593 consecutive and non-selected patients who underwent direct myocardial revascularization without extracorporeal circulation in the period September 1981 to December 1988. The results are compared with 3086 patients who underwent conventional bypass surgery over the same period of time. The ages varied from 33 to 80 years (mean = 56) with 40 patients older than 70. The overall mortality in the group without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was 1.7% (10/593) compared with 3.8% for conventional revascularization. Our mortality in the last 3 years has been 0.5% and 0% in the last 203 patients revascularized without CPB. The number of grafts varied from 1 to 5 (average 1.6). The treated arteries were: anterior descending (557), right (282) marginal (5) and circumflex marginal (4). Immediate postoperative complications were fewer and hospital discharge was earlier in the group treated without CPB. The authors conclude that this tactical alternative has the advantages of: lower morbidity and mortality, lower cost and no need for blood transfusion. Drawbacks are the need for greater technical expertise and it seems to be possible in about 19% of all patients who undergo myocardial revascularization.
4%) morreram, sendo infecção a principal causa, seguido pela rejeição em 10 (10,30%). As causas de óbito por infecção foram: sepse bacteriana em 6 pacientes, pneumonia em outros 6, infecção intra-abdominal em 2, toxoplasmose disseminada em 1 e infecção pelo citomegalovírus em 1. Ocorreram 142 episódios infecciosos diagnosticados distribuídos da seguinte forma: bacterianos 76 (52,5%); virais 34 (28,8%); fúngicos 20 (17,5%) e protozoários 12 (12,4%). Houve 8 episódios de reativação da doença de Chagas (média 4,9 meses após o transplante) diagnosticados principalmente através do aparecimento de nódulos subcutâneos. Todos os casos de reativação foram tratados com alopurinol e evoluíram bem.Conclusão: Conclusão: Conclusão: Conclusão: Conclusão: Os dados apresentados mostraram o predomínio de infecções bacterianas que causaram maior mortalidade. Nos transplantados por doença de Chagas a reativação da doença pode ser controlada adequadamente com uso de alopurinol. Os dados são importantes para orientação em nossa comunidade dos programas de transplantes, uma vez que traz à tona particularidades do nosso meio.
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