Background—The role of mitral valve repair (MVR) during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is uncertain. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial to determine whether repairing the mitral valve during CABG may improve functional capacity and left ventricular reverse remodeling compared with CABG alone. Methods and Results—Seven...

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment of unprotected left main (UPLM) with either PCI or CABG remains uncertain. AIM The purpose of this study was to determine the comparative safety and efficacy of PCI versus CABG in patients with UPLM disease. METHODS Search of BioMedCentral, CENTRAL, mRCT, PubMed, major cardiological congresses proceedings and references cross-check (updated November 2016). O...

OBJECTIVES This study utilizes Markov decision analysis to assess the relative benefits of prophylactic aortic valve replacement (AVR) at the time of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Multiple sensitivity analyses were also performed to determine the variables that most profoundly affect outcome. BACKGROUND The decision to perform CABG or concomitant CABG and AVR (CABG/AVR) in asym...

Results 712 (male 77.5%) patients were operated on, with 609 (85.54%) being isolated CABG and 103 (14.46%) combined CABG with AVR. Average age in isolated CABG and combined groups were 66 and 73 years respectively. Average additive EuroScores were 3.5 and 7.29. 21.6% cases were performed by trainee or staff grade surgeon. In hospital mortality was 0.16% in isolated CABG and 0% in CABG with AVR ...

BACKGROUND Patients with prior CABG with a subsequent non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS) pose an increasingly important clinical problem. Although GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors have improved the outcome of patients with ACS, their efficacy in patients with prior CABG has not been previously evaluated. Methods and Results- We analyzed the 30- and 180-day outcomes of patients with pr...

Hybrid revascularization of multivessel coronary artery disease by combining bypass grafting (CABG) and chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous intervention (PCI) is a relatively novel concept. CABG-CTO PCI aims to combine the durable clinical benefits left internal mammary graft (ideally minimally invasively) with durability CTO in non-left anterior descending vessels. This review assesses ...

background: it is well documented that coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) with cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) causes ischemia and oxidative stress of the whole body. to compare the effect of on – pump and off –pump cabg on the induction of the oxidative stress and the metabolism of homocysteine which is involved in the synthesis of glutathione was investigated in the cabg patients during the ...

BACKGROUND Patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN) and coronary artery disease (CAD) represent a subset of patients with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The optimal revascularization strategy using either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of PCI to ...

BACKGROUND Neurologic and clinical morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) can be significant. By avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass, off-pump CABG (OPCAB) may reduce morbidity. METHODS Sixty patients (30 CABG and 30 OPCAB) were prospectively randomized. Neurocognitive testing was performed before the operation and 2 weeks and 1 year after the operation. Neurologic testing to dete...

BACKGROUND Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is considered to be less invasive compared with a conventional coronary artery bypass surgery, while objective assessment of its invasiveness has not been well established. The grade of invasiveness of off-pump CABG was evaluated by biochemical markers released from the myocardium. METHODS Perioperative serial changes of myocardial enzyme lea...