Results of Open-Heart Surgery in High-Risk Patients
AUTOR(ES)
Chafizadeh, G.N.
RESUMO
Of 732 patients undergoing open heart surgery in Pars Hospital Tehran, 127 were classified in a high risk surgical category. Of these, there were 19 mortalities. Three main groups of patients were studied; Group I consisted of those with congenital disorders, such as Ebstein's anomaly and the medical-necrosis type of ascending aneurysms; Group II consisted of reoperaton cases; and Group III was composed of patients with cardiomegaly who required double or triple-valve surgery.
