Study design
This is a prospective cohort study that was conducted between January
2018 and July 2019, in patients undergoing to CABG at the Instituto
Nobre de Cardiologia / Santa Casa de Misericórdia, in the city of Feira
de Santana (BA). The research was approved by the Research Ethics
Committee of Faculdade Nobre, under number 796,580 and the patients were
included after signing the informed consent form.