Arterial Versus Venous Sampling for Activated Coagulation Time Measurements During Cardiac Surgery: A Comparative Study
During the period of systemic anticoagulation, there is great individual variability between ACT measures obtained from venous and arterial samples. Further studies are required to analyze the cause of differences at the baseline and the source of variable coagulation times after heparin.
Poly-ADP-Ribose Polymerase Inhibition Reduces Mesenteric Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
PARP inhibition prevents CPB-induced mesenteric endothelial dysfunction and tissue damage.
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Beating Heart: Surgical Revascularization for the Next Decade?
Whether it will ultimately replace conventional CABG, however, is dependent on the results of long-term patency studies and the wider development of adequate training programmes.
Aprotinin Decreases the Incidence of Cognitive Deficit Following CABG and Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study
Purpose: Cognitive deficit after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has a high prevalence and is persistent. Meta-analysis of clinical trials demonstrates a […]
Improved Health-related Quality of Life after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Is Unrelated to Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
This prospective study was instituted to assess whether the use of the on-pump method or the off-pump method affects changes in health-related quality of life (QOL) as evaluated a year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Isoflurane Preserves Central Nervous System Blood Flow During Intraoperative Cardiac Tamponade in Dogs
In dogs, intraoperative cardiac tamponade caused comparable changes in RBF under the different anesthetic techniques except that autoregulation was effective in maintaining RBF within the central nervous system only under isoflurane anesthesia.
Isolated Lung Perfusion With Melphalan for Resectable Lung Metastases: A Phase I Clinical Trial
Isolated lung perfusion with MN combined with pulmonary metastasectomy is feasible.
Outcomes After Usage of a Quality Initiative Program for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Comparison With On-Pump Surgery
OPCAB surgery using SAS in conjunction with a CEQI initiative improves outcomes for patients compared with on-pump CABG surgery.
Platelet Transfusions and Adverse Outcomes
The authors retrospectively investigated adverse outcomes data on the 1,720 patients enrolled in these trials and compared the incidence of perioperative adverse events between patients that received and those who did not receive platelet transfusions.
Concomitant Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Bypass Surgery: Outcome of On-Pump and Off-Pump Techniques
Concomitant carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass is a safe and effective procedure in patients with significant coronary and carotid artery disease.
Lung Injury Persists in ECMO Survivors
Neonates who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for intractable respiratory failure experience lung injury lasting into later childhood.
Occlusion Less in Radial-Artery Than Saphenous-Vein Bypass Grafts
In bypassing the right coronary artery or circumflex artery, radial-artery grafts provide better 1-year patency than saphenous-vein grafts, according to a report in the November 25th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.