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. 2020 May-Jun;35(3):274–284. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0362
Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols      
ACT = Activated clotting time   ICU = Intensive care unit
CABG = Coronary artery bypass grafting   LMCA = Left main coronary artery
CAD = Coronary artery disease   MACCE = Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events
COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease   NLR = Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio
CPB = Cardiopulmonary bypass   ON-BH CABG = On-pump beating-heart CABG
CrCl = Creatinine clearance   PCI = Percutaneous cardiac intervention
CTnI = Cardiac troponin I   PVD = Peripheral vascular disease
EuroSCORE =European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation   ROC = Receiver operating characteristic
IABP = Intra-aortic balloon pumping   STEMI = ST elevation myocardial infarction