[HSF] off-pump CABG and mesenteric ischemia

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Dear Dr. Davis,
1.As you mentioned we sometimes use ephedrine during the exposure of the inferolateral vessels and if I don't remember wrong once ı exposed the heart with an apical suction device there MAP went down to near 50 mmHg which was reverted by trendelenburg position and fluid adm. Patients on Off-pump surgery for inferolateral vessels developed some periods od low urine output but we never allow this to last more than 1 hour and consider low cardiac out put and take some measures.
2.Platelet number was nevr below 150X 1000 so we didn't consider HITS.
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