Preoperative Selection Of Patients For Post Cardiac Surgical Fast-Tracking: An Analysis

Abstract

A retrospective analysis has been made of 117 Consecutive adult cardiac surgical operatiOns perf ormed by a single consultant cardiac surgeon with the same consultant anaesthetist over a period of twelve months. 117 adult patients (98 male, 19 female) with an age range from 23-79 years were involved in this retrospective study.She died twelve hours post-operatively after aort ic and mitral valve replacement despite maximal inotropic support.