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 present study consisted of patients who underwent on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and off-pump CABG and investigated effect of using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on the amount of postoperative drainage and blood products, red blood cell (RBC), free frozen plasma (FFP) given in the intensive care unit in 60-80-year-old patients who underwent CABG. METHODS The prese...

OBJECTIVES Reduction of cognitive function is a possible side effect after coronary artery surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We investigated the effect of roller versus centrifugal pumps for CPB on cognitive performance in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS 50 consecutive CABG patients operated with centrifugal pump were compared to 50 roller pump pa...

OBJECTIVE The authors performed a retrospective cost analysis for patients undergoing revascularization of their left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery either by standard coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), or minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICABG). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Minimally invasive CABG has becom...

OBJECTIVE Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) may reduce the inflammatory response associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and contribute to minimizing postoperative complications. Heparin-coated circuits and poly2methoxyethylacrylate (PMEA)-coated circuits were developed to reduce such complications. We compared the postoperative inflammatory response with or without CPB. M...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery bypass grafting is a safe procedure performed worldwide with low rates of mortality and morbidity in general population. OBJECTIVE To investigate risk factors for mortality of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. METHODS A total of 1,628 consecutive patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass graftin...

The increase in life expectancy has confronted cardiac surgery with a rapidly growing population of elderly patients requiring surgical myocardial revascularization. Recent advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques and improvements in postoperative care have made coronary artery bypass grafting an established therapeutic option for the treatment of coronary artery disease in this group of ...

OBJECTIVE We present operative results of aortic arch aneurysm associated with coronary artery stenosis, and evaluate the operative risk of graft replacement of the aortic arch and concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1991 to December 2001, we treated 16 patients with aortic arch aneurysm and coronary artery stenosis. The patients, 3 women and ...

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...

myocardial bridging with systolic compression of the left anterior descending coronary artery (lad) may be associated with myocardial ischemia. in symptomatic myocardial bridging unresponsive to medical treatment, surgical unroofing of the left lad can be performed. little information is available about the long-term prognosis of patients with this coronary anomaly after the surgical unroofing,...