introduction: although coronary endarterectomy is not an ideal procedure, it is the only available option for cardiac surgeons in some patients with diffuse coronary artery disease. based on the majority of conducted studies, the results of coronary endarterectomy (including survival, graft patency, and recurrence of the symptoms of myocardial ischemia) are less prevalent than standard coronary...

The radial artery (RA) is a commonly used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting, and recent studies have demonstrated that it provides superior long-term patency rates to the saphenous vein in most situations. In addition, the RA is also being used with increasing frequency as the access point for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there has been concer...

The increase in life expectancy has confronted cardiac surgery with a rapidly growing population of elderly patients requiring surgical myocardial revascularization. Recent advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques and improvements in postoperative care have made coronary artery bypass grafting an established therapeutic option for the treatment of coronary artery disease in this group of ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate a new flow analyze device that can intraoperatively measure compliance and resistance of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) by the parameter identification method. METHODS Subjects were 95 patients who underwent CABG. Angiography soon after surgery confirmed patency in 90 grafts and graft failure in 5 grafts. Variables of aortic pressure and t...

BackgroundThe use of the bilateral internal mammary artery (BIMA) in coronary bypass grafting remains controversial. The objective this study was to investigate long-term outcomes using BIMA vs single (SIMA) United States.MethodsMedicare beneficiaries who underwent primary isolated surgery SIMA or from 1999 2010 were included retrospective study, with follow-up through 2014. Greedy matching alg...

Background: The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of aquatic aerobic training on regulatory factors related to Reverse Cholesterol Transport in women after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: 24 middle-aged women were studied after coronary artery bypass grafting (12 were in control group and 12 in aquatic aerobic training group)....

Background: This single-center retrospective analysis investigated the number of days required for postoperative 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) to recover preoperative values after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and factors influencing this recovery.