The main purpose of the off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is to reduce morbidity and mortality due cardiopulmonary bypass. However, even though many studies have shown that off-pump coronary artery bypass is feasible and provides hospital morbidity and mortality similar to the on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, probably better in some aspects, its long-term results have been qu...

OBJECTIVE To assess the patency of the pedicled right internal thoracic artery with an anteroaortic course and compare it to the patency of the left internal thoracic artery , in anastomosis to the left anterior descending artery in coronary artery bypass grafting by using coronary CT angiography at 6 months postoperatively. METHODS Between December 2008 and December 2011, 100 patients were s...

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OBJECTIVES The techniques of performing coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass are rapidly evolving. However, concern remains regarding the accuracy of coronary artery anastomoses performed on the beating heart. This report reviews the use of intraoperative angiography in the critical appraisal of "off-pump" coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. PATIENTS Intraoperati...

Background. Conventional coronary artery bypass surgery has been associated with cerebral injury attributed to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and surgical manipulation of the ascending aorta. Off-pump coronary artery surgery avoids these factors and could prevent cerebral injury. However, moving the heart from its natural position affects the circulation and could compromise cerebral oxygenation ...

A 54-year-old female with pre-existing idiopathic moyamoya disease developed chest pain with acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography detected occluded and stenotic lesions in the coronary arteries. Right coronary artery stenosis was treated by balloon angioplasty and stenting. Because of the restenosis, onpump cardiopulmonary bypass was performed. The operation was uneventful and no p...

The experimental and clinical efforts of Demikov and Kolesov between 1952 and 1964 related to coronary anastomosis between the internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending artery on a beating heart. Sones and Shirey (Cleveland, 1962) were pioneers of selective coronary angiography. The first coronary artery bypass grafting using a saphenous vein graft was performed by Garrett, Dennis, ...

Introduction: In this study we examined the early results of coronary artery bypass surgery in our female patients and compared them with those of our male patients. Material and Methods: One thousand and ninety four patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery between January 2009 and December 2011 in our clinic were included into this study. Three hundred and thirteen female patients...

We report a 66-yr-old male patient who developed tricuspid regurgitation secondary to internal cardiac massage. After uneventful off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, the subject experienced cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit. External cardiac massage was initiated and internal cardiac massage was performed eventually. A transesophageal echocardiography revealed avulsion of the anteri...