ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Stafford-Smith, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Stafford-Smith, M.
Related Collections
Right arrow Minimally invasive surgery

Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2153-2154
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Mark Stafford-Smith, MD

Duke University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Box 3094 DUMC, Durham, NC27710

(Email: staff002@mc.duke.edu).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.


   Introduction
 
Less invasive coronary artery bypass surgeries that do not require circulatory support have not had a large impact on the incidence of postoperative acute renal failure requiring dialysis in the general coronary artery bypass surgery population. Although early reports of subtle reductions in renal insult and promising findings from nonrandomized outcome studies hinted at benefit, enough published data now exists, including meta-analyses of randomized trials, to confirm that no meaningful advantage exists. However the problem with this conclusion is that . . . [Full Text of this Article]




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
J. H. Khan
Reply
Ann. Thorac. Surg., February 1, 2010; 89(2): 673 - 674.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. Thorac. Surg.Home page
J. H. Khan, E. A. Davis, L. S. Dean, M. J. Huff, N. Y. Khan, and A. Rehman
The Role of Elective Perioperative Dialysis in Nondialysis Renal Failure Patients
Ann. Thorac. Surg., April 1, 2009; 87(4): 1085 - 1089.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2005 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.