Intestinal ischemia after cardiac surgery: analysis of a large registry.

Summary, in English

Intestinal ischemia after cardiac surgery is a rare but severe complication with a high mortality. Early surgery can be lifesaving. The aim was to analyze the incidence, outcome, and risk factors for these patients.

• Author: Johan Nilsson; Erika Hansson; Bodil Andersson
• Department/s: Thoracic Surgery; Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics in Cardiothoracic Sciences (AIBCTS); Surgery (Lund)
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Volume: 8
• Issue: Jun,18
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• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23777600?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-156
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Surgery; Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Research group: Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics in Cardiothoracic Sciences (AIBCTS)
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1749-8090