BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare intraoperative coronary graft flows performed on pump and off pump and to evaluate the effects of hemodilution on coronary graft flows in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients by using transit time flow measurements (TTFM). METHODS Three hundred patients undergoing only CABG procedures were enrolled in a prospective randomized...

OBJECTIVE Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery has become a widely accepted alternative to standard coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass; however, the influence of intraoperative conversion from OPCAB to standard CABG on costs and quality of life is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine whether intraoperative conversion affects cost...

background: the incidence of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) in elderly patients has been increasing. there are contradictory reports on the early outcome of elderly coronary artery patients as compared with their young counterparts. we designed this retrospective study to address this issue. methods: w e retrospectively analyzed the results of 1489 on–pump cabg cases performed a...

n engl j med 361;19 nejm.org november 5, 2009 1899 served procedural mortality rates for both offpump and on-pump CABG were excellent and well below those predicted according to standard risk models. Third, neurocognitive testing was performed in only half the survivors and, in contrast with the results of a previous study,7 did not show any longitudinal deficits in either surgical group. Final...

BACKGROUND Myocardial dysfunction needing inotropic support is a typical complication after on-pump cardiac surgery. In this study, we evaluate the effect of milrinone on patients with ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). METHODS Seventy patients with impaired left ventricular function [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 35%] undergoing on-pump CABG...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a routine procedure, traditionally performed via median sternotomy access on the arrested heart with use of cardiopulmonary bypass (onpump). It is the clinical gold standard for myocardial revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary heart disease but remains associated with significant morbidity and mortality (Borst & Gründeman, 1999). Over ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to assess the preventive effect of preoperative statin treatment on atrial fibrillation (AF) after elective isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (off-pump CABG) in propensity score-matched Japanese patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Among 770 consecutive patients undergoing isolated CABG by the same surgeon (99.2% with off-pump technique...