New onset atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest complication after cardiac surgery affecting around 30% of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients, up to 50% of valve surgery patients and as many as 60% of those undergoing combined valve and CABG operations. After cardiac transplantation where the native pulmonary veins are electrically separated from the donor heart atria the incidenc...

IMPORTANCE The purpose of this case report is to evaluate risk factors associated with post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) ocular hypotony compared to post-CABG ischemic optic neuropathy. OBSERVATIONS The patient described here is a single case at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, from July 2016. This case demonstrates the rare incidence of acute post-CABG ocular hypot...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to determine whether coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is effective and cost-effective relative to medical management of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the elderly. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The aging of the U.S population and the improvements in surgical techniques have resulted in increasing numbers of elderly patients...

CONTEXT Stroke is a devastating and potentially preventable complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Better understanding of the timing and risk factors for stroke associated with CABG are needed. OBJECTIVES To investigate temporal trends in stroke after CABG and to identify stroke risk factors and association with longitudinal outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Pro...

IMPORTANCE The FREEDOM trial demonstrated that among patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery resulted in lower rates of death and myocardial infarction but a higher risk of stroke when compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using drug-eluting stents. Whether there are treatment differences in health sta...

1 in this issue of Circulation provides useful information about the trends and outcomes of coronary revascularization procedures currently being performed in the United States. Data acquisition for this analysis of coronary revascularization activity from 2008 through 2012 required tedious mining of 2 complex data sets maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In addition t...

The mortality (5–15%) [ 1 ] and morbidity are higher for redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operations than for primary CABG procedures. There are multiple causes for the higher mortality of patients in need of repeat CABG, including left ventricular dysfunction as coronary artery disease (CAD) has progressed and decreased function of multiple organs with advancing age. Several risk st...

Preoperative use of aspirin in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) might rely more on surgeon’s preference rather than evidence-based approach. Conflicting guidelines and lack reliable recommendations make ambiguous the preoperative administration before elective CABG. This study was conducted to compare outcome with or without patients undergoing surgery. The aim Randomized controlled ...

This study explored the use of complementary therapies that patients pursued after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and its relation to psychological recovery, particularly postoperative distress. Information about post-CABG Surgery depression and general distress, health-care practice thereafter, perceived social support, and chronic conditions other than cardiac disease was gathere...