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Insulin Use and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass...
Ranney,David N.; Williams,Judson B.; Albrecht,Álvaro S.; Li,Shuang; Kalil,Renato A. K.; Peterson,Eric D.; Lopes,Renato D.Abstract Objective: To describe insulin use and postoperative glucose control in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods: We examined 2,390 patients with and without diabetes enrolled in the Contemporary Analysis of Perioperative Cardiovascular Surgical Care (CAPS-Care) Study who underwent CABG surgery (01/2004 - 06/2005) to describe postoperative insulin use, variation in insul...
Clopidogrel use After Myocardial Revascularization: Prevalence, Predictors, and...
Prates,Paulo Roberto L.; Williams,Judson B.; Mehta,Rajendra H.; Stevens,Susanna R.; Thomas,Laine; Smith,Peter K.; Newby,L. Kristin; Kalil,Renato A. K.Abstract Introduction: Antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has been used. Little is known about the predictors and efficacy of clopidogrel in this scenario. Objective: Identify predictors of clopidogrel following CABG. Methods: We evaluated 5404 patients who underwent CABG between 2000 and 2009 at Duke University Medical Center. We excluded patients undergoing concomitant valve surger...