PALM SPRINGS, Calif.—A new study has found that perioperative inotrope and vasopressor requirements are comparable between patients with low (<16%-35%) and very low (=15%) left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEFs) undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
The investigators concluded that these two groups of patients can therefore be treated comparably.
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