Publications by authors named "Thomas B Ferguson"
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- * Although cardiovascular death rates were similar between the two approaches (2.6% for invasive vs 3.0% for conservative), non-cardiovascular deaths were higher in the invasive group (3.3% vs 2.1%).
- * The study also reported fewer undetermined causes of death with invasive treatment, but a higher prevalence of cancer-related deaths; these findings need further investigation and must be viewed cautiously with respect to existing research.
Background: Anastomotic complications related to tissue ischemia cause morbidity in gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. Surgeons' standard practice to predict bowel perfusion is inspection of mesenteric perfusion before anastomosing bowel ends. Augmenting this assessment with fluorescent imaging is under study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObesity has been identified as a risk factor for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, no studies have addressed the influence of race on this association. A total of 13,594 patients undergoing first-time, isolated CABG without preoperative AF between 1992 and 2011 were included in our study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Current practice related to the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) complicating coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is uncertain.
Methods: We examined management of post-CABG AF in the PREVENT-IV trial, and we explored patterns of use of postoperative rhythm versus rate control and anticoagulation for AF by geographic region and type of site. We also compared outcomes of patients who developed post-CABG AF (663) with those who did not (2,131).