Background: Liver dysfunction during on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is a rare complication but is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The ability to identify high-risk patients may be helpful in planning appropriate management strategies. We aimed to evaluate the factors influencing liver function tests during on-pump CABG.Methods: In 146 patients scheduled...

coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity across the world. its treatment includes medical treatment, coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) and percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pci on echocardiographic findings of left ventricular (lv) systolic and diastolic function. 115 patients with co...

decreases biochemical markers for myocardial and renal dysfunction in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a double-blinded, placebocontrolled, multicenter study. Anesthesiology 2003; 98: 1315–27 29 Xu JH, Zhang TZ, Peng XF, Jin CJ, Zhou J, Zhang YN. Effects of sevoflurane before cardiopulmonary bypass on cerebral oxygen balance and early postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Neurol Sci 2013; 3...

Background: Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is supposed to reduce perioperative mortality and morbidity compared with on-pump coronary bypass graft surgery. The causes of hemodynamic collapse during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) remain scarcely defined. We present an analysis of 7 cases who were converted to conventional CABG due to sustained hemodynamic collapse ...

Coronary artery disease is occasionally encountered in lung transplant recipients and is a risk factor for perioperative complications and poor survival. Besides combined heart–lung transplantation, various techniques of myocardial revascularization can be performed before, or at the time of lung transplantation. We report herein a patient with end-stage bronchoemphysema and two-vessel coronary...

BACKGROUND Premedication with clopidogrel has reduced thrombotic complications after percutaneous coronary revascularization procedures. However, because of the enhanced and irreversible platelet inhibition by clopidogrel, patients requiring surgical revascularization have a higher risk of bleeding complications and transfusion requirements. A principal benefit of surgical coronary revasculariz...

Post cardiac surgery patients require intensive monitoring, judicious use of cardiovascular drugs, effective pain control, early mobilization, and intense respiratory care. In the last decade, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) that avoids the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and aortic cannulation has evolved. With the advent of new instruments, multi vessel bypass is now perfo...

BACKGROUND At present there is little reported experience in the application of new technology in the performance of distal coronary anastomoses in the clinical setting. The aim of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the Ventrica magnetic vascular positioner (MVP) device for left internal thoracic artery (LITA)-to-left anterior descending (LAD) coronary anastomosis. METHODS We ...