Do risk scores predict high mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery in the presence of diastolic dysfunction?
Severe diastolic dysfunction is a strong predictor of adverse outcome and mortality after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, and this high risk is not adequately predicted by EuroSCORE and Parsonnet score. Measures of diastolic function should be included in routine preoperative risk assessment.
These data imply important effects of STAT5 in modulating hematopoietic cells in addition to promoting survival per se.