OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to compare the early outcomes of off-pump and on-pump surgeries in high-risk patient groups. METHODS The outcomes of 83,914 high-risk patients undergoing off-pump or on-pump isolated coronary bypass surgery identified from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2005 to 2010 were compared using propensity analysis. RESULTS Off-pump surgery was associa...

conclusions our study showed superiority of off-pump cabg regarding lvef, rvef and valves regurgitations. future studies with prospective structure, accurate randomization, longer follow up duration, and larger sample size are needed. results one hundred eighteen patients with the mean age of 59.47 ± 9.68 years were included (81 male and 37 female). on-pump cabg was done on 84 patients and off-...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for hemodialysis patients is high risk compared with other patient groups. The aim of this study was to analyze the potential benefits of off-pump CABG for hemodialysis patients. METHODS From April 1994 through December 2000, 26 hemodialysis patients underwent CABG. The off-pump group consisted of 15 patients operated on without a pump and the...

Objective: to analyze intra-hospital results in patients undergoing elective off-pump total arterial revascularization and identify morbidity and mortality predictors using this surgical strategy. Methods: From May 1999 to February 2004, 203 myocardial revascularization procedures with total arterial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump) were carried out in patients with m...

OBJECTIVES Patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting (CABG) are at higher risk if they suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF). It was suggested that performing CABG without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump) would reduce perioperative risk. We assessed the influence of preoperative AF on outcome in a randomized cohort of patients above the age of 75 undergoing either on-pump or off-p...

OBJECTIVE Coronary artery bypass grafting is currently the best treatment for dialysis patients with multivessel coronary artery involvement. Vasoplegic syndrome of inflammatory etiology constitutes an important postoperative complication, with highly negative impact on prognosis. Considering that these patients have an intrinsic inflammatory response exacerbation, our goal was to evaluate the ...

The aim of this randomised, prospective study was to evaluate hospital mortality and morbidity after myocardial revascularisation, comparing on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) myocardial revascularisation versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) myocardial revascularisation in population with multivessels coronary artery disease. Sixty patients with multivessels coronary ar...

INTRODUCTION Antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has been used. Little is known about the predictors and efficacy of clopidogrel in this scenario. OBJECTIVE Identify predictors of clopidogrel following CABG. METHODS We evaluated 5404 patients who underwent CABG between 2000 and 2009 at Duke University Medical Center. We excluded patients undergoing concomitant val...