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.

Patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction have high mortality with non surgical (medical) treatment. Coronary artery bypass grafting improves survival and the quality of life. Recently, revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass has been presented as a viable alternative. The aim of this study was to survey the result of coronary artery bypass grafting with of...

Background/Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in up to 30% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Development of kidney injury is associated with high overall mortality and a more complicated hospital course. Cardiopulmonary bypass is considered as one of the major risk factors for developing AKI. Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) grafting eliminates the need f...

OBJECTIVE Preoperative use of clopidogrel increases the risk of bleeding, but its postoperative use has not been studied. We studied early postoperative clopidogrel use in on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS Data were obtained from the University HealthSystem Consortium database. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data of 15,067 adults who had coronary artery b...

OBJECTIVE Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is performed under direct vision without sternotomy or cardiopulmonary bypass. The technique is used in reoperative patients through various incisions to revascularize one or two areas of the heart. The internal mammary artery, gastroepiploic artery, radial artery, or saphenous vein are used as graft conduits. METHODS Anterio...

Ascending aortic aneurysms are usually treated with graft replacement under cardiopulmonary bypass. However, if a candidate for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has an enlarged ascending aorta, surgeons may consider wrapping it without cardiopulmonary bypass. Here, we report a 78-year-old female who underwent successful wrapping of the ascending aorta concomitant with off-pump coronary ...

BACKGROUND Left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (LITA-LADA) grafting has become a fundamental part of the coronary artery bypass graft procedure (CABG). This grafting in turn has led to an increased use of other arterial conduits, of which the radial artery (RA) is most popular. Whether RA grafting can be used in the emergency patient is controversial. METHODS 47 p...

E et al. Off-pump or on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting at 30 days. versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease. A meta-analysis of large randomized trials for mid-term major cardio-and cerebrovascular events following off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Long-term follow-up of morbidity and mortality after aortic valve replacement with a ...

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 ...