● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

The era of randomised studies of coronary artery bypass surgery''-7 has probably come to an end. It is, therefore, opportune to assess the present state of this form of surgery in the light of the information available from these trials. There is general agreement that coronary artery bypass surgery is effective in relieving angina pectoris, but controversy persists as to whether it can improve...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a well-known and proven method of treatment for coronary artery disease. A modification of this method is complete revascularisation of the right ventricle by sequential bypass grafting of the right coronary artery, the effects of which on ventricular function need to be clarified. We sought to determine the effect of the sequential bypass gra...

● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

● When possible, patients at high risk for mortality or severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with signs of shock, pulmonary congestion, heart rate .100 beats per minute (bpm), plus systolic blood pressure (SBP) ,100 mm Hg should be triaged to facilities capable of performing cardiac catheterization and rapid revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass graft surgery [CABG]). For patient...

Although compressed gas (CO2) blowers have been used safely to aid accurate grafting during off-pump coronary bypass surgery, hemodynamic collapse due to gas embolism into the right coronary artery may occur. Supportive measures to facilitate gas clearance by increasing the coronary perfusion pressure have been reported to be successful in restoring hemodynamic stability. However, right ventric...

BACKGROUND Limited experiences of applying an on-pump beating-heart technique for surgical revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction have been reported. Which strategy, either off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or on-pump beating-heart CABG surgery, is the best strategy for surgical revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction ...