BACKGROUND The Department of Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial compared clinical and angiographic outcomes in off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to ascertain the relative efficacy of the 2 techniques. METHODS AND RESULTS From February 2002 to May 2007, the ROOBY trial randomized 2203 patients to off-pump versus on-pump CABG. Follow-up ang...

Background: Sexual dysfunction is one of the most common problems in men after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Etiology of sexual dysfunction in these patients may be psychological or organic due to hormonal changes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and type of sexual dysfunction and changes in serum concentration of sex hormones in male patients undergoing on-pump C...

introduction: as off pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) is a developing method in coronary cardiac surgery, most surgeons are anxious about the danger of emergency crash conversion. in this observational study we tried to show the rate and outcome of conversion . material and methods: in this descriptive study about 477 coronary off-pump cabg patients were operated in ghaem hos...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is one of the most frequently performed operations around the world. The aim of this study is to evaluate high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) differences between on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery. METHODS In this prospective study, 90 patients with coronary artery disease referred for ...

background  : on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery impairs gas exchange in the early postoperative period. the main object on this study was evaluation of changes in arterial blood gas values in patients underwent on pump cabg surgery receiving different dose of intravenous nitroglycerin (ntg). methods : sixty-seven consecutive patients undergoing elective on-pump cabg randomly e...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to compare the immediate results of patients undergoing on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS From January 2007 to January 2009, 177 patients underwent CABG, being 92 off-pump and 85 on-pump. We evaluated the demographics, preoperative risk factors, preoperative functional class and risk assessment by the EuroSCOR...

Received: March 15, 2011; Accepted: March 31, 2011 Corresponding author: Munetaka Masuda, MD. Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Fukuura 3-9, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan Email: [email protected] ©2011 The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights reserved. Role of Coronary Artery Bypass...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for hemodialysis patients is high risk compared with other patient groups. The aim of this study was to analyze the potential benefits of off-pump CABG for hemodialysis patients. METHODS From April 1994 through December 2000, 26 hemodialysis patients underwent CABG. The off-pump group consisted of 15 patients operated on without a pump and the...

diabetic mellitus (dm) is a major risk factor of morbidity, mortality and economic cost to society. diabetic patients are at risk of having microvascular or macrovascular disorders of diabetes. postoperative anemia have wide spectrum of some early complications that require more care in hospitalization stays. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate effect of preoperative anemia on short-...

CONTEXT Stroke is a devastating and potentially preventable complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Better understanding of the timing and risk factors for stroke associated with CABG are needed. OBJECTIVES To investigate temporal trends in stroke after CABG and to identify stroke risk factors and association with longitudinal outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Pro...