INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass has been shown to reduce operative morbi-mortality. We report our recent experience with this novel technique in order to evaluate its theoretical advantages in comparison with conventional surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective analysis included 547 consecutive patients undergoing isolated myoca...

OBJECTIVE The combination of total arterial revascularisation and avoidance of cardiopulmonary bypass may provide additional benefits to patients receiving complete arterial grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass. We performed a propensity-matched cohort study of complete arterial off-pump and on-pump coronary surgery and examined differences in in-hospital mortality and morbidity. METHODS Thre...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare postoperative short-term, mid-term and long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery performed with or without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with a low European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation score. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 478 consecutive low risk patients undergoing coronary bypass surge...

cardiovascular disease is the leading reason of morbidity in older people. coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery is the most common type of operations in world. this study was designed to characterize comparison of early clinical outcome following on pump vs. off pump in patients over 70 years old with triple vessels disease and severe left ventricle dysfunction. 80 patients were divided ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been advocated to cause less inflammation, morbidity, and mortality than the more traditional on-pump technique. This meta-analysis compares these two surgical techniques with respect to causing acute kidney injury (AKI). DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This study searched for randomized controlled tri...

The development of new mechanical stabilizer in the market encouraged a lot of surgeons to practice offpump coronary artery bypass as this procedure avoids all the possible risks of cardio-pulmonary bypass, an essential element in the conventional coronary bypass operations. During a period of 50 months, the cardiac surgery unit in King Khalid University Hospital performed 85 cases of off-pump ...

BACKGROUND We retrospectively assessed the outcomes after coronary revascularization at a single Veterans Affairs Medical Center when a strategy of assigning higher risk patients to off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was employed. METHODS Over a 5 year period all consecutive patients that underwent CABG at our VA Medical Center were assigned to a surgeon who either performs the C...

conclusions given the significant prevalence of postoperative cognitive disorder and significant associatio n between the history of high blood pressure, c-reactive protein and preoperative creatinine and cognitive disorder, detection of patient’s clinical symptoms may improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this disorder. patients and methods in total, 171 patients who had undergone off...

there are many treatment modalities available to acutely terminate incessant ventricular tachycardia with variable success rates, but some cases tend to prove refractory to all of them. we report a 59-year-old woman presenting with incessant ventricular tachycardia. echocardiography revealed a large true apical aneurysm and severe left ventricular dysfunction. the arrhythmia was controlled in t...