BACKGROUND Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has been accused of possibly compromising graft patency. Sixteen slice computed tomography has shown good diagnostic accuracy in the assessment of coronary bypass graft patency when compared with conventional coronary artery angiography and is less invasive. The study hypothesis is that coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) performed without ...

Saphenous vein graft aneurysm is a relatively rare but serious complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The diagnosis of such cases is clinically challenging and requires a high index of suspicion, especially if presented atypically or very late after CABG. Herein, we report a case of a saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm that presented 36 years after CABG and was masquerading as...

Retrograde dissection of the aorta is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. We describe a case of retrograde aortic dissection, which occurred during attempted percutaneous transluminal coroanary angioplasty (PTCA) of chronically occluded left anterior descending artery (LAD). Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed to...

That is the question every cardiologist should ask if the patient he or she has referred for primary surgical coronary revascularization returns from the operating room with a single internal thoracic artery graft. There is a substantial body of evidence demonstrating that the majority of coronary bypass patients benefit more when coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is performed with bo...

OBJECTIVE One of the major and devastating complications of the coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the stroke. Avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may reduce this neurological complication. In the past years there was an increased interest in the off-pump coronary artery grafting (OPCAB). The benefit of this method of revascularization in term of stroke and mortality is controversially...

OBJECTIVE Atrial fibrillation is the most common complication after heart surgery. It rarely has a fatal outcome but causes patient instability, prolongs hospital stay, or even is the reason for perioperative infarction. Although conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass has excellent short-term and long-term results, the number of coronary operations on a ...

S. Large saphenous vein graft aneurysm with a fistula to the right atrium. Superior vena cava syndrome secondary to saphenous venous graft aneurysm with right atrial fistula. Giant true saphenous vein graft aneurysm causing cardiac compression: a rare cause of atrial flutter. A large coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft aneurysm with a fistula: case report and review of the literature.ti...

The perioperative risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe stenosis and previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is increased. Transcatheter implantation (TAVI) represents an alternative. We report a case indication for native patient prior quadruple surgery. underwent 29-mm Corevalve Evolut R by left femoral catheterization (TAVI), under general anesthesia appro...

Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for complex or damaged small coronary lesions has been increasingly performed because of recent advances in percutaneous coronary intervention . Although sequential bypass using arterial grafts is essential for achieving complete revascularization and long-term patency with complex multivessel diseases, technical difficulty exists for patients ...

A case of simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is reported. A 74-year-old man was diagnosed with left main coronary disease and infrarenal AAA. Triple CABG and infrarenal AAA repair were performed simultaneously, by different surgeons, on CPB. The duration of CPB, aortic clamp time, and total operation tim...