OBJECTIVE To investigate whether ischaemic preconditioning could reduce myocardial injury, as manifest by troponin T release, in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Cardiothoracic unit of a tertiary care centre. PATIENTS Patients with three vessel coronary artery disease and stable angina admitted for first time elective...

Mohr FW, Morice MC, Kappetein AP, et al. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three-vessel disease and left main coronary disease: 5-year follow-up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial. Patients: 1800 patients (mean age 65 y, 78% men, mean SYNTAX score 28.7) who had de novo 3-vessel (3V) disease and/or left main coronary disease and...

OBJECTIVE Coronary artery bypass grafting is currently the best treatment for dialysis patients with multivessel coronary artery involvement. Vasoplegic syndrome of inflammatory etiology constitutes an important postoperative complication, with highly negative impact on prognosis. Considering that these patients have an intrinsic inflammatory response exacerbation, our goal was to evaluate the ...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery bypass without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has gained popularity recently with the development of devices that allow for improved exposure and standardization in off pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery reduces some of the morbidities traditionally attributed to CPB. The primary goal of off pump coronary artery bypass surgery i...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most common cardiac surgery operation performed worldwide. It is the most effective revascularization method for several categories of patients affected by coronary artery disease. Although coronary artery bypass grafting has been performed for more than 40 years, no detailed guidelines on the choice of coronary artery bypass grafting conduits have been pu...

coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality especially in the indusirialzcd societies. this retrospective study was carried out on 385 patients who were referred to shariati and jamaran hospitals from 1992 till 1997 and who underwent coronaty artery bypass grafting. the objective was to obtain a descriptive analysis of the important factors in this population...

BACKGROUND Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting compared with coronary revascularization with cardiopulmonary bypass seems safe and results in about the same outcome in low-risk patients. Observational studies indicate that off-pump surgery may provide more benefit in high-risk patients. Our objective was to compare 30-day outcomes in high-risk patients randomized to coronary artery bypass ...