Postoperative complications after elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in patients with sleep-disordered breathing.

Maria TafelmeierTeresa WeizeneggerSarah RipfelMiriam FauserBernhard FloerchingerDaniele CamboniYork ZausigSigrid WittmannMarzena A DrzymalskiFlorian ZemanChristof SchmidLars S MaierStefan WagnerMichael Arzt

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2018)

SDB, particularly OSA, is associated with prolonged LOS after CABG, independent of known confounders. Prolonged LOS in patients with SDB may be due to increased postoperative hemodynamic instability due to any cause.

Keyphrases

coronary artery bypass grafting
patients undergoing
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease
coronary artery bypass
minimally invasive
obstructive sleep apnea
acute coronary syndrome
positive airway pressure
atrial fibrillation