BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Undergoing a carotid endarterectomy, a coronary artery bypass graft, or a percutaneous coronary intervention provides an opportunity to optimize control of blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein. METHODS Using Veterans Administration databases, we determined whether patients who underwent a carotid endarterectomy (n=252), coronary artery bypass graft (n=486), or per...

Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) performed in combination with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have also increased steadily since Bernhard and colleague’s initial report in 1972. Coexistence of symptomatic coronary artery disease and significant carotid artery stenosis ranges from 3.4% to 22%. The incidence of postoperative stroke after CABG ranges from 0.7% to 5%. Coronary revascularization...

BACKGROUND Treatment method in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing coronary bypass surgery with accompanying carotid artery disease is still a hot topic among clinicians. This study is designed to investigate if there is an effect on myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular events and mortality during postoperative period of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy with coronary bypass su...

OBJECTIVES The role of coronary endarterectomy (CE) in modern cardiac surgery has been an extant debate as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has advanced. However, as cardiac surgeons are being referred ever more complex coronary disease for surgical correction, adjunctive strategies may need re-evaluation. The long-term results of CE are largely unknown. We present the longest cohort foll...

IN 1925, what was probably the first comprehensive clinicopathologic study of coronary heart disease was reported from this medical school by Benson and Hunter.' It is more than a quarter of a century later. Though the personnel have changed and though literally thousands of investigators have added to understanding of the problem, the basic concepts of coronary disease then elucidated have not...

Objective This study aims to compare three different surgical approaches for combined coronary and carotid artery stenosis as a single stage procedure and to assess effect of operative strategy on mortality and neurological complications. Methods This retrospective study involves 136 patients who had synchronous coronary artery revascularization and carotid endarterectomy in our institution, ...

OBJECTIVES In-stent restenosis (ISR) remains a major complication of percutaneous coronary intervention, even in the current era of drug-eluting stents (DESs). We reviewed the clinical and angiographic outcomes of coronary endarterectomy with stent removal using an off-pump technique in patients with ISR in the left anterior descending artery (LAD). METHODS Twelve patients with long-segment I...

Background: Since there is a lack of research on postoperative anticoagulation protocol in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) / coronary endarterectomy (CE), we recommend a new protocol for anticoagulation in these patients. Methods: In this double-blind randomized clinical trial study, 52 patients undergoing CABG / CE entered the study and were divided into two groups. In...