Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning improves myocardial function, reduces length of intensive care stay, and limits complications post coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Yogaratnam JZ, Laden G, Guvendik L, Cowen M, Cale A, Griffin S. Source Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, HU16 JQ Cottingham, United Kingdom. jeysenzy@msn Abstract OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether preconditioning coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with HBO(2) prior to first-time elective on-pump cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) leads to improved myocardial left ventricular stroke work (LVSW) post CABG. The primary end point of this study was to demonstrate that preconditioning CAD patients with HBO(2) prior to on-pump CPB CABG leads to a statistically significant (P
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