ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Preoperative risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery: assessment of 2768 patients

Marcos Gradim Tiveron^I; Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli^II; Eduardo Moeller Mota^III; Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejia^IV; Carlos Manuel de Almeida Brandão^V; Luís A. O. Dallan^VI; Pablo A. M. Pomerantzeff^VII; Noedir A.G Stolf^VIII

DOI: 10.5935/1678-9741.20120035

^ICardiovascular surgeon of the Heart Institute at Clinics Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the São Paulo University (InCor/ HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Santa Casa de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil
^IIFull Professor at Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP); Director of the Perfusion and Cardio-respiratory Assistance Unit of InCor/HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^IIIResident Physician of Cardiovascular Surgery at InCor/HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^IVCardiovascular Surgeon, PhD student in Sciences of the Postgraduation Program in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^VPhD in Medicine at FMUSP. Assistant Physician of the Valve Heart Diseases Unit at InCor/HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^VIFull Professor, Director of the Coronary Heart Diseases Surgical Unit at InCor/HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^VIIFull Professor, Director of the Valve Heart Diseases Surgical Unit at InCor/HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
^VIIITitular Professor of the Discipline of Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP; Director of the Cardiovascular Surgery Division at InCor/ HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

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