Proactive risk mitigation for cardiac arrest prevention in high-risk patients with congenital heart diseaseCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: The prevalence of postoperative cardiac arrest (CA) increases with cardiothoracic surgical case complexity and is associated with a 40% to 50% mortality. Despite having a low overall surgical mortality rate at our center, our postoperative CA rates were higher than expected, with an obser...

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Main Authors: Tara C. Cosgrove, MD, MBOE, Jennifer Gauntt, MD, Sergio A. Carrillo, MD, Steven C. Cassidy, MD, Robert J. Gajarski, MD, MHSA, Mark Galantowicz, MD, Catherine D. Krawczeski, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:JTCVS Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273622003746