BACKGROUND Patients with severe atheromatous aortic disease (AAD) who undergo coronary artery bypass (CABG) have an increased risk of death and stroke. We hypothesized that in these high risk patients, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) technique is associated with lower morbidity and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS Between June 1993 and January 2002, 5737 patients undergoing CABG had rou...

Methods Of 2083 patients who underwent isolated off-pump CABG between 1999 and 2012, 91 patients who underwent offpump CABG concomitant with non-cardiovascular surgery (group 1) were compared with 1991 patients who underwent isolated off-pump CABG (group 2). In group 1, there were 49 malignancies and 42 benigns. Non-cardiovascular surgery included 34 thoracic surgeries (11 bullectomy, 11 pulmon...

OBJECTIVE The minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG) operation performed via a small thoracotomy has not previously been examined in a direct comparison to sternotomy off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS We matched, according to age, gender, left ventricular function, and median number of distal anastomoses, 150 patients who underwent MICS CABG via...

OBJECTIVE Off-pump CABG is potentially associated with reduced intraoperative blood loss and homologous blood transfusion in comparison to on-pump CABG. In this randomised controlled study we investigated the effects of autologous cell saver blood transfusion on blood loss and homologous blood transfusion requirements in patients undergoing CABG on- versus off-CPB. METHODS Eighty patients wer...

BACKGROUND Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCAB) has been performed for many years, but its use is increasing in frequency, and it remains an open question whether OPCAB is associated with better outcomes than on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS New York State patients who underwent either OPCAB with median sternotomy (13 889 patients) or o...

BACKGROUND The long-term success of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is dependent on graft patency after the operation. Early occlusion (within the first week) affects the long-term results. Therefore, we sought to determine pre-operative, intraoperative, and perioperative factors associated with early coronary graft patency. METHODS Between March 2007 and March 2008, 107 consecuti...

406 O ne of the most controversial areas of cardiac surgery has been whether off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) surgery is superior to traditional on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. On-pump CABG surgery has been an effective, safe, and time-proven technique and is the gold standard with which all other surgical revascular-ization methods have been compared. However,...

renal dysfunction is a risk marker in patients who candidate for coronary artery bypass graft (cabg). renal disorder is associated with prolonged stays in intensive care unit and hospital, morbidity and mortality. aim of this study is specific evaluation of association between preoperative creatinine (cr) with atrial fibrillation (af) after elective off-pump cabg in non-diabetic male patients w...

Background Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) procedures can avoid the complications of an on-pump bypass. However, some cases unexpectedly require conversion to cardiopulmonary bypass during OPCABG. The risk factors associated with a sudden need for cardiopulmonary bypass were analyzed. Methods This retrospective study included 283 subjects scheduled for OPCABG from 2001 to 20...