Novel BIochemical Markers for Predicting Type 2 NEurological Complications of Surgical Coronary Revascularization (BINER)

In this single center prospective cohort study a total of 100 patients scheduled for elective off-pump CABG will be recruited. They will be allocated to one study and one control group according to the presence or absence of postoperative type 2 neurological complications. The two groups will be compared in terms of serum concentrations of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neuroserpin (NSP), phosphorylated axonal neurofilament subunit H (pNfH) and visinin-like protein 1 (VILIP-1) at the time of skin incision and closure as well as 24 hours and 7 days following surgery. Diagnostic performance of these markers for predicting type 2 neurological complications of off-pump CABG will be assessed.