Abstract
1Centro Universitario Lusiada (UNILUS), Santos, SP, Brazil. E-mail: edag@uol.com.br Detection and characterization of mortality predictors is becoming an interesting approach in the field of cardiovascular surgery, particularly in valve and CABG procedures. Yet there is a paucity of trials in order to obtain precise data on this topic using statistic criteria. In the last decades, many cardiologists have turned attention to underlying role of inflammation in heart diseases and different types of heart operation. The key point raised by these experts is that main expression from inflammatory cardiovascular process can be translated into serologic appearance of some markers[1-3]. From the publication “Predictors of mortality in cardiac surgery: B-type natriuretic peptide’’ by Murad Junior et al.[4], the first observation can be drawn is epidemiologic quality of retrospective study of valve and CABG patients. Undoubtedly main step for identifying a mortality predictor using statistical analysis is to know how patients were selected and included in the study.
Highlights
Detection and characterization of mortality predictors is becoming an interesting approach in the field of cardiovascular surgery, in valve and CABG procedures
The second and most remarkable observation can be drawn from publication by Murad Junior et al.[4] is the meticulous view regarding preoperative role of BNP as a mortality predictor in the setting of valve and CABG operations
Many authors have advocated that cardiac diseases have some inflammatory burden preoperatively and, on account of it, postoperative time becomes a particular moment for so many complications and deleterious events[5,6,7]
Summary
Detection and characterization of mortality predictors is becoming an interesting approach in the field of cardiovascular surgery, in valve and CABG procedures.
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