background and aim: postoperative hemorrhage is a common complication following coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery. warming the patient may be effective on postoperative hemorrhage and blood transfusion. the main objective of this study was to determine the effect of postoperative active warming of the patient on hemorrhage and blood transfusion after off-pump cabg surgery. methods: th...

Despite many advances in perioperative care, cerebral injury from cardiac surgery remains an important source of patient morbidity and mortality. This injury has a range of clinical manifestations, including stroke and encephalopathy, which occur in 1–3% and 10–15% of patients, respectively. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is more common, affecting 15–40% of patients 1 month after su...

BACKGROUND For coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) sternotomy should be performed. The pain after surgery is severe and requires medical intervention. Use of the analgesics is limited by their side effects and studies suggest that prevention with some medications before surgery is effective in controlling the postoperative pain. OBJECTIVES We investigated the efficacy of pregabalin adminis...

This review article summarizes the major studies that have investigated the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The article includes a review of the literature in the areas of: history of CABG; indications for CABG; and measurement of quality of life following CABG, including prolongation of life, physical functioning (ie, relief from angina and dyspnea, physical activity, ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the impact of persistent smoking versus smoking cessation over one month prior to surgery on early clinical outcomes in Chinese patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in a retrospective study. METHODS The peri-operative data of consecutive well-documented patients undergoing isolated CABG surgery from January 2007 to December 2013 we...

BACKGROUND The right ventricle (RV) may be selectively impaired following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We tested this hypothesis in two study parts: a prospective cohort undergoing CABG, and a retrospective cross-sectional cohort of heart-failure patients with and without a history of CABG. METHODS In the prospective study, 20 patients undergoing CABG had echocardiography prio...

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...

BACKGROUND Some prior studies have suggested that the time to cardiac surgery after cardiac catheterization is inversely related to postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However, these studies, because of the small number of patients, were unable to adequately account for patient case-mix and included both those undergoing elective surgery and those undergoing urgent surgery. METHODS AND R...

The effects of isoflurane on the determinants of blood flow during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery are not completely understood. This study characterized the influence of isoflurane on the diastolic Pressure-Flow (P-F) relationship and Critical Occlusion Pressure (COP) during CABG surgery. Twenty patients undergoing CABG surgery were studied. Patients were assigned to an isoflurane...