BACKGROUND Although off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is now used worldwide for coronary revascularization, the pre- and intraoperative risk factors for myocardial injury associated with the surgical procedure remain to be elucidated. We performed a multivariate analysis to investigate factors that contribute to myocardial injury during off-pump CABG. METHODS The study populatio...

Background — Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is an important complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Large amount data points to the problem POCD in patients with high surgical risk CABG. Low-risk are not safe from these complications either. Assessment severity, duration POCD, degree recovery and factors off- on-pump stable disease crucial minimization low risk. Obje...

BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate serum levels of S-100 beta (S-100β) and neuron specific enolase (NSE) in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS The PubMed (~2013) and the Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM) (1982 ~ 2013) were searched without language restrictions. After extraction of relevant data from selec...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on postoperative cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular reactivity, with attention for the perioperative high-intensity transient signals (HITS). DESIGN A prospective comparative study. SETTING Urban university hospital. PATIENTS Candidates for cardiac surgery. METHODS Measurement of HITS ...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) results in higher morbidity and mortality rates in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient populations than in patients with normal renal function. This study aimed to identify the early results of CABG performed on ESRD patients, and the factors that affected the mortality rates of those patients. METHODS A retrospective evaluation of our ho...

CONTEXT Stroke is a devastating and potentially preventable complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Better understanding of the timing and risk factors for stroke associated with CABG are needed. OBJECTIVES To investigate temporal trends in stroke after CABG and to identify stroke risk factors and association with longitudinal outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Pro...

Release After Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Surgery In a recent study by Selvanayagam and colleagues aimed at evaluating reversible and irreversible myocardial injury in patients undergoing off-pump (OP-) versus on-pump (P-) coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG),1 the authors documented a similar incidence and magnitude of new irreversible myocardial injury in both groups, despite the greate...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence and severity of hyperglycemia in nondiabetic patients undergoing cardiac operation. METHODS In an observational prospective study, 282 non-diabetic patients underwent elective off-pump (n=101) or on-pump (n=181) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery from March 2006 to July 2007 in Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. Blood glucose (BG) levels were me...

OBJECTIVES The Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) is a randomized comparison of bilateral internal mammary artery (BIMA) versus single internal mammary artery (SIMA) grafting in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and is one of the largest randomized trials of surgery ever conducted. ART is also one of the largest studies of contemporary CABG with a high proportion of off-pump surge...

BACKGROUND Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common complications after cardiothoracic surgery and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, and longer hospital stay. The pathophysiology of postoperative AF is uncertain, and its prevention remains unsatisfactory. Many previous studies have examined the predictors of AF after on-pump coronary artery bypass graft sur...