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[Analysis of activities of the preventive dentistry service in the Health Area 8 of the Valencia Autonomous Region].

OBJECTIVES: We describe and analize the activities we carried out in a surgery from a preventive dentistry unit. DESIGN: Longitudinal descriptive study from 1993 since 1994. SETTING: Health Area 8 from the Valencian Autonomous Region. PARTICIPANTS: Children from 3 to 14 year-old attendant to the preventive dentistry unit's surgery (2.497). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We visited 5.012 children. The highest percentage of population corresponded to the zona 4, where began at first the preventive service. The activities distribution was as follow: oral explorations and plaque control (100%), fluoride topic aplication (90.38%), diet control (36.81%), pit and fisure sealants (6.46%), profilaxis (8.71%), radiological diagnosis (6.46%), dental emergencies (2.17%). The users origin was: 38.88% school oral explorations made over 6- and 10-year-old children; 63.71% from self-request; and 16.45% sent by other health professionals. 41.42% were continuated visits. CONCLUSIONS: Demand of preventive dental services is very high in our health area, although incorporation of therapeutic techniques is wished by the population. This demand increase as well as the surgery is closer to the user. People from big cities are stubborn using these services from smallest villages, even having transport facilities. Children start coming to the consults between 5-6 year-old, keeping an acceptable control until 12 approximately.

Adolescent↗

Is partial thyroidectomy definitive treatment for Plummer's disease (autonomous goiter)?

Plummer's disease is a thyroid disorder in which both autonomously functioning and normal tissue is present in the gland. Surgery and I-131 therapy are generally regarded as equally effective for definitive treatment. However, since progression of the disease is very slow, postoperative recurrences should become evident only after many years. We reexamined 87 patients thyroidectomized for Plummer's disease one to 15 (average 7.1) years before the present study. Studies included clinical examination, scintigraphy, and a TRH test. No patient was overly hyperthyroid; one had biochemical hyperthyroidism and another had mechanical complaints. Localized autonomous function was considered present in 18 patients (21%); the TRH test result was abnormal in 10 of these. Postoperative autonomy was found more frequently in males. The scans suggested residual rather than recurrent autonomy in nearly all cases. It is concluded that the presence of residual autonomously functioning thyroid tissue after surgery for Plummer's disease is common and recurrent hyperthyroidism may eventually develop in some of the patients. This knowledge may in some cases turn the scale towards I-131 treatment.

Adenoma↗

Preoperative heart rate variability in relation to surgery outcome in refractory epilepsy.

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy patients may have an impaired autonomic cardiac control, which has been associated with an increased incidence of sudden unexpected death among people with epilepsy (SUDEP). The risk of SUDEP is particularly high among epilepsy surgery candidates with refractory epilepsy. This risk seems to be reduced after successful surgery but whether this is an effect of surgery or reflects pre-existing differences between good and poor responders is under debate. METHODS: We used spectral analysis to analyze prospectively heart rate variability (HRV) preoperatively in 21 consecutive patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who were planned for epilepsy surgery. The presurgical HRV based on ambulatory 24 hours EKG recordings was analyzed in relation to seizure control at 1 year after surgery. RESULTS: Patients had significantly lower SD of RR-intervals, total power, very low frequency power and low frequency power than matched healthy controls. Patients with good outcome of surgery (Engel class I; n = 11) did not differ from their controls while those with poor outcome (Engel class II-IV; n = 10) had significantly lower power in all domains than those with a favorable outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Measurements of heart rate variability preoperatively indicate that patients with a poor outcome of surgery have a more pronounced impairment of sympathetic as well as parasympathetic cardiac control than those with good outcome. Reduced heart rate variability may be associated with an increased risk of sudden unexpected death among people with epilepsy (SUDEP). Good surgery candidates may a priori have a lower risk of SUDEP.

Arrhythmias, Cardiac↗

Aortic fat pad destruction and post operative atrial fibrillation.

INTRODUCTION: Atrial arrhythmias are a common complication of cardiac surgery. Reports describing pericardiac neurogenic tissue led us to hypothesize that removal of the aortic fat pad could cause an autonomic imbalance and contribute to atrial arrhythmias following cardiac surgery. METHODS: A randomized prospective pilot study (n =131) was conducted to test our hypotheses. Patients underwent conventional cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery (CPB) or off pump coronary bypass surgery (OPCAB). The fat pad was either left intact or removed. The incidence of de novo atrial arrhythmias during the patient's hospital stay was tabulated. Patients with peri-operative myocardial infarction or pre-existing atrial or supraventricular arrhythmias were excluded. The randomization schedule was made subservient to clinical judgment at surgery. After promising preliminary results, an extension study (n =189 patients, total patients =320) was performed which employed the same definitions and interventions but was a sample of convenience. The data of this second study have not been previously published. RESULTS: In the pilot study, in demographically similar groups, logistic regression demonstrated a significantly elevated atrial arrhythmia incidence when the fat pad was removed (Odds ratio 3.49, 95% confidence intervals 1.09 to 11.18). A chi-square analysis of these same data, however, (4 fibrillations in 58 patients with fat pad intact versus 15 fibrillation in 73 patients with fat pad removed; P = 0.051) suggested that the importance of the fat pad status was not definite. Overall, atrial arrhythmias were present in 19 of 131 patients (14.5%). In the extension study, in contrast to the pilot data, the data did not demonstrate any contribution of fat pad status to the incidence of atrial fibrillation. CONCLUSIONS: Although we feel that our hypothesis remains viable, retention of the aortic fat pad during coronary artery bypass surgery may not be related to a decreased incidence of post operative atrial arrhythmias.

Adipose Tissue↗

[Differential indications for thyroid gland operation].

Although the case for thyroid surgery is based on morphologic and physiologic criteria, it is mainly based on individual therapeutic goals. The goals are influenced by various biographic, medical and personal facts and by many environmental conditions. Thus, there is no rationale for cataloguing indications. With the euthyroid goitre the indication for surgery is usually given by the size of the thyroid gland, especially since it has become clear in various studies that with drug therapy the achievable size reduction is rather small. With Graves' disease the pros and cons of the three main methods, surgery, medical treatment or radioiodine, have to be considered in each case. Surgery is mainly indicated when the goal is a rapid and reliable normalization of the hormonal status. Thyroid autonomy is a clear-cut case for radioiodine. Only isolated autonomous nodules can equally well be treated by surgery. In addition, a case for surgery is given when besides the autonomy a large goitre is present. A special indication is iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis that cannot be normalized by medical treatment. All kinds of thyroid carcinoma, with very few exceptions, usually have to be operated on as the first choice.

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Perioperative myocardial ischemia is associated with a prolonged cardiac vagal dysfunction after non-cardiac surgery.

BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of cardiac autonomic balance seems to be linked to coronary artery disease (CAD). Impaired vagal input facilitates the generation of fatal arrhythmias and has a great impact on morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between perioperative HRV and the incidence of silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) and ventricular dysrhythmias in CAD-patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. METHODS: 31 patients were studied by continuous Holter electrocardiography preoperatively and again on the evening before surgery until postoperative day 3. Three frequency and one time domain measures of HRV (TP, 0.01-1.00 Hz: total power of the amplitude spectral plot; LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz: low-frequency power; HF, 0.15-0.40 Hz: high-frequency power; MeanRR: mean of all coupling RR-intervals between normal beats) as well as ischemic events and ventricular couplets and runs were computed. RESULTS: Depending on the presence of ischemic episodes, each patient was assigned to either the no SMI-group (13 pts) or the SMI-group (18 pts). MeanRR, TP and LF significantly declined in both groups over time. The parasympathetically dominated index HF, however, only decreased in the SMI-group. Normalized HF power (HF/TP) even increased in the no SMI-group resulting in a postoperative decrease in LF/HF ratio. TP, LF, and HF inversely correlated with ischemia parameters whereas HF/TP and HF/LF ratio correlated with the number of ventricular couplets. Incidence and severity of SMI significantly increased after surgery. CONCLUSION: Postoperatively, a prolonged vagal withdrawal occurred in CAD-patients exhibiting perioperative SMI. Whether the increased incidence of SMI after surgery in conjunction with the observed parasympathetic derangement contributes to adverse cardiac outcome still has to be determined.

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[Nerve-preserving operations in surgery of rectal cancer].

Forty-eight patients underwent surgery for rectal cancer. In all the patients total mesorectumectomy was combined with one of the types of nerves-preserving surgeries. Three groups were divided depending on types of this surgery: 1-- complete preservation of elements of autonomic nervous system (n=31), 2 -- partial preservation (n=16), 3 -- complete ablation (n=1). In 30 patients of group 1 normal urination recovered on postoperative day 2 to 4. In 2 patients of group 2 stable atony of urinary bladder was seen, and in 2 patients -- reflex ischuria. In patient of group 3 normal urination recovered on day 14 after surgery without vesical tenesmus. Long-term results were assessed in 1 to 12 months. No recurrences occurred. It is concluded that nerve-preserving surgeries improve functional results without loss of oncological radicalism.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Cardiac rehabilitation vs. home exercise after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a comparison of heart rate recovery.

OBJECTIVE: The autonomic dysfunction is known to adversely affect clinical outcome in patients with cardiovascular disease, and exercise training has been shown to modify the sympathovagal control of heart rate. The purposes of this study were to investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on heart rate recovery in patients who received coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and compare the effect with that of a home-based exercise program. DESIGN: Fifty-four male patients having undergone CABG were randomly assigned to a cardiac rehabilitation exercise program (n = 18), a home-based exercise program (n = 18), and a control group (n = 18) for 12 wks to evaluate the differences in heart rate recovery among groups. RESULTS: Patients in the cardiac rehabilitation group had significant increases in heart rate recovery (19.1 +/- 6.2 vs. 14.0 +/- 5.4 beats/min, P = 0.022) compared with those in the control group. There were no significant differences in heart rate recovery between cardiac rehabilitation and home-based exercise groups (16.2 +/- 4.8 beats/min) or between home-based exercise and control groups. All three groups had significantly improved heart rate recovery compared with their baseline data (P < 0.001, < 0.001, and 0.007). CONCLUSION: Our results point out that a cardiac rehabilitation exercise program has a positive effect on heart rate recovery in patients having undergone CABG and is consistent with the autonomic improvement. Although the home-based exercise group did not reveal statistical significances over those in the control group, it had comparable efficacy to that demonstrated in the cardiac rehabilitation group.

Coronary Artery Bypass↗

Therapeutic indications for autonomous adenoma of the thyroid: 71 cases.

The Authors, on the basis of personal experience relative to 71 cases of Autonomous Adenoma of the thyroid treated by surgery or percutaneous ethanol injections (PEI), analyze the results in terms of complications and function. After comparing their results with the data in the literature relative to radioiodine therapy, the Authors conclude that surgery should be the primary treatment for plurifocal nodules or nodules greater than 2 cm in diameter, while PEI can be used for single nodules smaller than 2 cm. The point is that radioiodine often induces hypothyroidism, while our knowledge of the results of percutaneous ethanol injections is still limited in terms of number of cases and length of observation periods. Therefore, the authors think that the treatment of Autonomous Adenomas should be surgical, while non-surgical therapy should be limited to specific cases (dimensions, age, or general contraindications to the operation).

Adenoma↗

Immunohistochemical demonstration of sensory and autonomic nerve terminals in herniated lumbar disc tissue.

STUDY DESIGN: Thirty-five lumbar disc herniations removed at surgery were studied by indirect immunocytochemistry. OBJECTIVES: To localize immunohistochemically both sensory and autonomic nerve terminals in disc herniations. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Using various more or less specific histologic and histochemical methods, investigators have reported the presence of free nerve terminals in disc tissue. However, very few studies have, to date, convincingly demonstrated nerve terminals in disc tissue that morphologically resemble the tiny nerve terminals of sensory and autonomic nerve fibers. METHODS: Amplification of the peroxidase reaction product in avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex immunostaining by the glucose oxidase-diaminobenzidine-nickel sulfate method was used to visualize small punctate nerve terminals at high magnification. Thin frozen sections from disc herniation tissue prefixed in Zamboni fixative were incubated with antibodies to synaptophysin to visualize nerve terminals in general, and with antibodies to substance P and C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y to further characterize nerve terminals as either sensory or sympathetic. RESULTS: Nerve terminals could be demonstrated in 29 (83%) of the 35 disc herniations. They were observed with the synaptophysin antibody in 17 of 35 (49%) disc herniations, with substance P in 16 of 35 (46%) disc herniations, and with C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y in 13 of 35 (37%) disc herniations. Morphologically, the nerve terminals were seen as tiny immunoreactive dots. Some of the nerve terminals were observed close to disc cells, possibly suggesting direct interaction. CONCLUSIONS: Small nerve terminals in disc herniations, both sensory substance P endings and sympathetic C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y endings, could be involved in mechanisms of discogenic pain, disc tissue neurogenic inflammation, tissue repair processes after injury, and control of local blood circulation in the newly formed blood vessels. Disc cells may be directly affected by the neuropeptides released from nearby nerve terminals.

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Heart rate variability after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective 3-year follow-up study.

BACKGROUND: Autonomic heart rate control is impaired after CABG. The aim of this study was to establish the temporal pattern of change in the decrease of HRV observed after CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twelve patients with coronary artery disease were assessed with 24-hour Holter recordings 2 days before CABG and 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years after CABG. All the time-domain and frequency-domain HRV parameters decreased precipitately after CABG and were mostly recovered 3 months after CABG except mean NN, rMSSD, and pNN50. The ratio of LF to HF showed a slight decrease after surgery, recovered to preoperative values after 3 months, surpassed, and continued to increase 6 months after surgery. At 3 years of follow-up the recovery was complete. The rate of change of time-domain and frequency-domain parameters were calculated and their correlation with aortic cross-clamping time, number of vessels bypassed, the amount of cardioplegic used were sought and no statistically significant correlation was found. CONCLUSION: The recovery of HRV regardless to the preoperative state of the patients and their postoperative course implies that the early drop of HRV after CABG was related to the acute effects of surgery. Late complete recovery of HRV may be due to resolution of ischemia or use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.

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Power spectral analysis of finger plethysmographic waveform in patients with coronary artery disease and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical significance of spectral analysis of plethysmographic waveform in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study group comprised 26 healthy subjects, 15 CAD patients, and 24 CAD patients after CABG. Finger plethysmographic waveforms from both right and left index fingers were recorded and analyzed using power spectral analysis. The total power of the right pulse was found to be higher than that of left pulse in the 3 groups of subjects. In CABG patients, the total power of both pulses was increased, the right-to-left ratio of bilateral total power was decreased, and the power of the harmonics of the right pulse shifted from high-frequency to low-frequency. The normalized power of the 4th harmonic of the left pulse and of the 3rd and 4th harmonics of right pulse decreased, whereas that of the 1st harmonic of right pulse increased in CABG patients. Several harmonics correlated significantly to some heart rate variability measures in both controls and CAD patients, but not in CABG patients. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in the total power of both pulses, the shift of the normalized power of harmonics of the right pulse from high- to low-frequency, and the decrease in the right-to-left ratio of the total power of both pulses are the 3 significant changes in the power spectra of the pulses in CAD patients after CABG. The plethysmographic waveform of normal controls and CAD patients may be modulated by the autonomic nervous system, and in CAD patients the CABG surgery may have diminished the effect of autonomic nervous modulation on the pulse waveforms.

Aged↗

Controversies in the management of cold, hot, and occult thyroid nodules.

Some aspects of thyroid nodule evaluation and management remain controversial. Radionuclide scanning provides functional information about nodules and differentiates cold from hot nodules. Although thyroid cancers are cold on scan, most cold nodules are benign. Ultrasonography visualizes the thyroid gland and nodules with remarkable clarity and provides structural information about location, number, size, and consistency of nodules. Widespread application of ultrasonography has resulted in the frequent discovery of incidental (occult) nodules in the general population. The clinical significance of these nodules remains unknown, and their management has created a dilemma for physicians. Current cost-effective evaluation of nodules does not include scanning or ultrasonography as routine frontline tests. In most centers, fine-needle aspiration biopsy has supplanted imaging studies as the routine initial procedure for differentiating benign from malignant nodules. Cytologic diagnosis is reliable and inexpensive, and it results in a better selection of patients for surgery. Limitations include false-negative diagnoses, nondiagnostic results, and indeterminate "suspicious" results. Laboratory test results are usually normal, but determination of serum thyrotropin may identify a hot nodule, and plasma calcitonin may help diagnose medullary thyroid carcinoma. Treatment of thyroid nodules is controversial. In some practices, benign colloid nodules are treated with suppressive doses of levothyroxine. Recent reports cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach, and it is no longer acceptable to select patients for surgical treatment on the basis of suppressive therapy. Furthermore, suppressive levothyroxine therapy may be associated with significant bone and cardiac side effects, especially in elderly patients and postmenopausal women. Our approach is observation for most patients, and we suggest a careful risk-benefit analysis when suppression is considered. Hot (autonomous) nodules can be treated with radioiodine, surgery, or ethanol injection. The use of sensitive thyrotropin assays has revealed that the "euthyroid" hot nodule is often associated with subclinical hyperthyroidism, warranting treatment if risks of osteoporosis are significant. Small (< 1.5 cm) occult nodules can be observed. Larger (> 1.5 cm) nodules can be selectively evaluated by ultrasonographically guided fine-needle aspiration. It is prudent to consider cost of care, risk-benefit analysis, and the low incidence of malignancy in thyroid nodules when diagnostic tests are selected and the treatment plan is outlined.

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Surgery for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome interrupts efferent vagal innervation to the left ventricle and to the atrioventricular node in the canine heart.

The hypothesis that cardiac surgery to interrupt accessory pathways also interrupts autonomic nerves to the canine ventricle and to the atrioventricular node was tested in four groups of dogs. Group 1 (n = 6) underwent dissection of the atrioventricular fat tissue and cryolesion created by application of a cryoprobe at -60 degrees C for 2 min along the lateral left atrioventricular groove, the same surgical procedure as carried out in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with accessory pathways located in the left ventricular free wall. Group 2 (n = 6) underwent dissection of the atrioventricular fat pad alone and group 3 (n = 6) dissection and cryolesion along the posterior left atrioventricular groove as performed in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with accessory pathways located in the posterior paraseptal area. Group 4 consisted of 11 non-operated control dogs. Four to 13 days after surgery the ventricular effective refractory period (ERP) was determined during bilateral ansae subclaviae stimulation (4 ms pulses, 2-3 Hz, and 2-3 mA), noradrenaline infusion (0.5 micrograms.kg-1.min-1), and bilateral vagal stimulation (4 ms pulses, 20 Hz, and current strength to induce asystole or complete atrioventricular block). Atrioventricular nodal conduction (AH interval) and spontaneous sinus cycle length were also determined in group 3 dogs. Ansae subclaviae stimulation and noradrenaline infusion shortened effective refractory period significantly at each left ventricular test site. The amount of effective refractory period shortening induced by ansae subclaviae stimulation did not differ among the test sites except for the posterior left ventricle in group 1 dogs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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[Video-assistive minimally invasive surgical procedures in the treatment of thyroid in children and adolescents].

Minimally invasive video-assisted (MIVA) surgery of the thyroid is now widely accepted by endocrinel surgeons, especially in adult age. This report describes indications, limits, technical aspects and results of MIVA in 10 young patients (mean age 16 years, range 11-18) enrolled in a study of 213 patients (mean age 45 years, range 11-81) operated with this technique, from October 1998 to August 2001, in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pisa. Young patients were submitted to surgery: 8 lobectomies (6 for microfollicular lesions and 2 for adenomas functionally autonomous) and 2 total thyroidectomies for papillary carcinoma. No case has been converted in "open" surgery and no post-operatory complications have been observed. Elective indications of MIVA are the volume of the nodule and the istological type. This technique cannot be performed in voluminous goiters, in medullary carcinomas and in scarcely differentiated carcinomas. Minimally invasive video-assisted surgery of the thyroid, in our experience, represents a reliable technique also in pediatric age.

Carcinoma, Papillary↗

[Alteration of sinus variability after cardiac surgery].

UNLABELLED: Sinus tachycardia is frequent after cardiac surgery and this tachycardia is probably due to changes of the autonomic nervous system. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes possibly induced by cardiac surgery, by studying sinus variability (SV) during a 24-hour Holter monitoring. The examination was performed in 28 patients who had undergone cardiac surgery 1 to 6 weeks previously. These patients had no alteration of left ventricular function, or any causes likely to modify SV and they had a normal postoperative course. Their results were compared to those of 4 subjects developing a postoperative complication (1 case of ventricular tachycardia and 3 cases of resuscitated cardiac arrest). The results were also compared to those of 24 age-matched adult controls without heart disease (control group). The study of SV included temporal and spectral analysis of SV with measurement of the standard deviation of normal RR intervals (SD), mean heart rate (HR), percentage of RR intervals differing by more than 50 m/sec from the adjacent interval (pNN50), coefficient of variability (CV) (SD/RR), square root of the differences between successive RR (rMSSD), spectral properties of low frequencies (LF) and high frequencies (HF) and the fractionated spectral property (LF/HF). RESULTS: (see tables, page 151 and 152). An alteration of SV was therefore observed in the surgical group, and lasted 4 to 6 months after surgery. No difference was observed between subjects without cardiac events and those presenting a cardiac event. IN CONCLUSION: cardiac surgery decreases all parameters of SV during the first few postoperative months. Certain unexpected cardiac accidents during this period could be explained by these changes.

Adult↗

Retaining the aortic fat pad during cardiac surgery decreases postoperative atrial fibrillation.

BACKGROUND: Atrial arrhythmias are a common and serious complication of cardiac surgical procedures. Reports describing pericardiac neurogenic tissue led us to hypothesize that removal of the aortic fat pad could cause an autonomic imbalance and contribute to atrial arrhythmias following cardiac surgery. METHODS: Patients (n=131) underwent either conventional cardiopulmonary bypass surgery (CPB) or off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery. The aortic fat pad was either left intact or removed. The incidence of de novo atrial arrhythmias during the patient's hospital stay was tabulated. Patients with peri-operative myocardial infarction or pre-existing atrial or supraventricular arrhythmias were excluded. RESULTS: Demographics, preoperative medications, ASA and NYHA classifications, and complication rates (other than for atrial arrhythmias) did not differ among the groups. The STS-predicted mortality was higher in the CPB/Fat-Pad-Removed group (2.23 +/- 1.89) than in either the OPCAB/Fat-Pad-Intact (1.09 +/- 0.80) or OPCAB/Fat-Pad-Removed (1.02 +/- 0.62) groups (p < 0.05). Atrial arrhythmias were present in 19 of 131 patients (14.5%). Logistic regression demonstrated a significantly elevated atrial arrhythmia rate when the fat pad was removed (odds ratio = 3.49, 95% bounds = 1.09 to 11.18, p = 0.035). Neither the pump status nor the cross product of pump status by fat pad status were significant in this pilot study. CONCLUSIONS: Retaining the aortic fat pad during coronary artery bypass surgery is correlated with a decreased incidence of postoperative atrial arrhythmias.

Adipose Tissue↗