OBJECTIVE To determine the cost-effective operative strategy for coronary artery bypass surgery in patients above 70 years. DESIGN Randomized, controlled trial of 900 patients above 70 years of age subjected to coronary artery bypass surgery. Patients were randomized to either on-pump or off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Data on direct and indirect costs were prospectively collected. P...

OBJECTIVE The following report describes the experience of the Cardiovascular Surgery Team of the ABC Medical School with coronary-coronary bypass grafting. METHODS Four patients undergone off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, with coronary-coronary bypass of the right coronary artery, by using great saphenous vein graft. RESULTS The follow-up period was 3 to 5 years without any intra- ...

BACKGROUND Avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass grafting is thought to reduce early mortality and morbidity. METHODS We used our prospective database to compare all patients having off-pump coronary surgery (n = 389) with those having on-pump coronary surgery (n = 2412) between March 15, 1995, and November 1, 2000. Patients were grouped by age (years) in decades (>90, 80-...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of preoperative patient and hospital factors on resource use, cost and length of stay (LOS) among patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). DESIGN Observational retrospective study. SETTINGS Data from the Japanese Administrative Database. PARTICIPANTS Patients who underwent isolated, elective OPCAB between April 2011 and March ...

Method We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 398 consecutive patients who underwent isolated elective OPCAB with intention-to-treat base from July 2005 to March 2015. 365 patients underwent successful OPCAB, whereas 24 patients were converted to EBS-CAB due to hemodynamic instability. The early and late clinical outcomes were analyzed and then propensity matched analysis was performed ...

Two cases of coronary artery disease coexisting with abdominal aortic aneurysm were treated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting combined with repair of the aneurysm. The first patient was a 67-year-old man exhibiting a large pulsating abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a 9-cm aneurysm and coronary angiogram revealed a 90% stenosis of the obtuse marginal branch ...