BACKGROUND Patients who have had previous CABG may subsequently develop significant mitral valve (MV) dysfunction that requires surgical intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS We reviewed 80 consecutive patients who had had previous CABG and who underwent MV surgery between January 1972 and March 1997. Forty-seven (59%) had initial CABG elsewhere, and 5 had had previous CABG twice. The mean interv...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease is prevalent in China, with concomitant increases in the volume of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The present study aims to compare CABG-related outcomes between China and the United States among large teaching and urban hospitals. METHODS AND RESULTS Observational analysis of patients aged ≥18 years, discharged from acute-care, large teaching and u...

BACKGROUND Data are lacking on the optimal scheduling of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery after stroke. The authors investigated the preoperative predictors of adverse outcomes in patients undergoing CABG, with a focus on the importance of the time interval between prior stroke and CABG. METHODS The Hospital Episode Statistics database (April 2006-March 2010) was analyzed for el...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) improve the clinical status of patients with isolated proximal left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis. At 2 years, only additional revascularization was more frequently required after PTCA. METHODS AND RESULTS We monitored 134 patients randomized to PTCA (n=68) or CABG (n=66) ...

Ever since the advent of percutaneous intervention (PCI) for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), the optimal choice of therapy (PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) has always been disputed. Although previous multicentre randomized trials, like the ARTS I, MASS II and SoS trials for multivessel disease (MVD) have shown no compelling benefit in terms of 5-year allcause and ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is advantageous for long-term clinical outcomes compared to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in hemodialysis (HD) patients, as PCI has a lower short-term mortality but higher late revascularization risk. Therefore, CABG very important HD patients current practice. In the presence of an arteriovenous fistula may flow capacity ipsilateral internal th...

BACKGROUND The advancing age and generally increasing risk profile of patients receiving isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is expected to raise incidence of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (AFIB) resulting in potentially higher risk of adverse outcomes. In the early postoperative course, new-onset post-CABG AFIB is considered relatively easy to treat and is believ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are established remedies for myocardial revascularization of ischemic heart disease. PCI was initially adopted for use in single-coronary vessel disease only. CABG was used for most other coronary diseases. With the progression of PCI techniques and devices in the 1980s and 1990s (bare metal stents were approved...

Significant unprotected left main (LM) coronary artery disease is frequently associated with severe multivessel disease and increased mortality and morbidity compared with non-LM coronary artery disease. This study compared the clinical outcomes of patients with LM disease who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting, conventional coronary-artery bypass grafting (C-CABG),...