Randomized Trial Comparing Off-Pump to On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in High-Risk Patients
OBJECTIVE: The subset of patients most likely to benefit from off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains a controversial issue, but the […]
Topical Oxygen Helps Hard-To-Heal Wounds Heal Faster And Better
A new study suggests that brief exposures to pure oxygen not only help chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds heal completely, such exposures […]
Use of a pH-Stat Strategy During Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion Improves Cerebral Perfusion and Tissue Oxygenation
BACKGROUND: Although it is well documented that the use of a pH-stat strategy during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass improves cerebral blood flow, an […]
Prebypass Filtration of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits: An Outdated Technique?
Filtration of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) priming fluid before connection of the circuit to the patient was first accomplished by arterial line filtration. […]
Radial Artery Comparable to Internal Mammary Artery for Coronary Bypass
The flow-mediated dilation and endothelial function of a radial artery graft is similar to that of a pedicled left internal mammary artery […]
PTFE Monocusp Valve for RVOT Reconstruction
Patient Selection The surgical management of patients with tetralogy of Fallot and significant right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO) remains controversial. For […]
Stem Cells May Eliminate Need for Heart Transplant In Some Patients
Four out of a group of five seriously sick Brazilian heart-failure patients no longer needed a heart transplant after being treated with […]
Restenosis Rate With Drug-eluting Stents Less Than 10 Percent
The longest term data yet available on the sirolimus-eluting stent (Cypher, Johnson and Johnson) shows that it has an event-free survival rate […]
Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review of Published Case Reports
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1 December 1998. 129:886-890. James N. George, MD; Gary E. Raskob, MSc; Shehla Rizvi Shah, MD; Mujahid A. […]
Incidence of UTI High in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) – Patients with unstable coronary syndromes are three times more likely to have urinary tract infections (UTIs) than […]
Wound Closure Technique Affects Postoperative Infection Rate
Percutaneous suturing results in fewer superficial wound infections than does intracutaneous suturing after open-heart surgery, according to results of a randomized study […]
Strategic Leukocyte Depletion Reduces Pulmonary Microvascular Pressure and Improves Pulmonary Status
Abstract:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) precipitates inflammation that causes marked pulmonary dysfunction. Leukocyte filtration has been proposed to reduce these deleterious effects. Other studies […]