Variation in Ventilation Time After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
After adjustment for severity of illness, substantial inter-center variation exists in postoperative ventilation time in this subset of patients undergoing isolated CABG.
Clampless Technique during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Proximal Anastomoses in the Hostile Aorta
We have found that clampless fibrillating heart surgery with circulatory arrest for proximal anastomoses is a safe and effective technique for revascularizing patients with significant ascending aortic disease who are at high risk for cerebral embolic complications.
Quality, Patient Safety, and the Cardiac Surgical Team
This article reviews a decade of discussion surrounding quality and safety issues in cardiac surgery
Trends in Aortic Clamp Use during Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Effect of Aortic Clamping Strategies on Neurologic Outcomes
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of different clamping strategies during coronary artery bypass grafting on the incidence of postoperative stroke.
Depicting Adverse Events in Cardiac Theatre: The Preliminary Conception of the RECORD Model
This article aims to raise awareness for safety measures in the cardiac surgical room
Use of Briefings and Debriefings as a Tool in Improving Team Work, Efficiency, and Communication in the Operating Theatre
Briefings and debriefings had a positive impact on teamwork and communication.
Preventing Deep Wound Infection after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Review
We recommend that cardiac surgery programs supplement their audit processes and ongoing vigilance for infections with periodic, multidisciplinary reviews of best-practice standards for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care.
Aortic Valve Stenosis after Previous Coronary Bypass: Transcatheter Valve Implantation or Aortic Valve Replacement?
We report a prospective comparison between transcatheter valve implantation (TAVI, n = 13) and surgical aortic valve replacement
Mechanical Left Ventricular Support Using a 50 cc 8 Fr Fibre-Optic Intra-Aortic Balloon Technology: A Case Rreport
This new 50 cc, 8 Fr IAB expands the patient group that can benefit
How to Improve Flow during Cardiopulmonary Bypass in an Acardia Experimental Model
The aim of this experimental study was to determine the feasibility and to improve the haemodynamics of a venoarterial cardiopulmonary bypass after cardiectomy.
Role of Thrombolestagrophy in Monitoring Perioperative Coagulation Status and Effect of Thromboprophylaxis in Bariatric Surgery
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the hypercoagulability state and the effect of antithrombotic prophylaxis on thromboelastogram (TEG) results in bariatric surgery.
The Endocrinological Responses of Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation on hHypoxic Fetal Lambs
This study suggested that V-V ECMO may possibly be less invasive than V-A ECMO for fetal heart