Risk Factors for Delirium After On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review
This review aims to systematically identify risk factors for delirium after cardiac surgery and to grade the evidence supporting these associations.
Predicting Bleeding Risk by Platelet Function Testing in Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery
Predicting bleeding events in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) represents an unmet medical need that may improve CABG outcomes.
New Clinical Practice Guidelines Recommend Use of Arteries Rather than Veins in Heart Bypass Surgery
he Society of Thoracic Surgeons has released new clinical practice guidelines that recommend expanding the use of arteries from the chest and forearm rather than using veins from the leg when performing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in certain patients.