[Should fiber gastroscopy be standard in preoperative examinations for cardiac surgery?].

Unlabelled: We introduced a gastrofibroscopy into a standard preoperative protocol for all patients indicated to the cardiac surgery.

Aim Of The Study: Validation of our protocol.

Material And Methods: 957 consecutive patients operated on from May 1995 to January 2002 were divided to group A--gastrofibroscopy only for patients with positive history or clinical signs of peptic ulcer (151 pts.