ALLMedicine™ Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Center

Aug 3rd, 2020 - Secondary preventive therapies play a key role in the prevention of adverse events after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, adherence to secondary preventive drugs after CABG is often poor. With the increasing penetration of smartpho...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - This study evaluated the impact of very early hospital discharge following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on subsequent readmission and survival. Adults undergoing isolated CABG from 2011 to 2018 at a single institution were included. Pati...

Aug 2nd, 2020 - Anomalous origin of the left circumflex artery (LCA) arising from the right coronary sinus was observed in a 45-year-old man with aortic root aneurysm. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) was decided despite the subannular course of the ...

Aug 2nd, 2020 - Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with poor outcomes after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to assess RV systolic and diastolic function in the perioperative period after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). P...

Aug 1st, 2020 - The aim of this study was to analyze the results of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) performed simultaneously with additional cardiac procedures in a single tertiary-level center. Data of patients who underwent PEA with additional cardiac procedures...

Aug 31st, 2017 - Exercise stress testing is a validated diagnostic test for coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients, and is used in the evaluation of patients with known cardiac disease. Testing of asymptomatic patients is generally not indicated. It may b...

Dec 18th, 2015 - Internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) should be used to bypass the left anterior descending (LAD) artery when bypass of the LAD is indicated (class of recommendation [COR] I, level of evidence [LOE] B). As an adjunct to left internal thoracic artery (...

Aug 27th, 2013 - The initial 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy in the Outpatient Setting were published in May 2011. As part of a planned re-evaluation within 2 years, we conducted an extensive literature sea...

Jul 30th, 2013 - Numerous definitions have been proposed for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary revascularization. The universal definition for MI designates post procedural biomarker thresholds for defining percutaneous coronary interventi...

Mar 20th, 2012 - Refractory angina (RFA) is a debilitating disease characterized by cardiac pain resistant to conventional treatments for coronary artery disease including nitrates, calcium-channel and β-adrenoceptor blockade, vasculoprotective agents, percutaneou...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - Secondary preventive therapies play a key role in the prevention of adverse events after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, adherence to secondary preventive drugs after CABG is often poor. With the increasing penetration of smartpho...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - This study evaluated the impact of very early hospital discharge following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on subsequent readmission and survival. Adults undergoing isolated CABG from 2011 to 2018 at a single institution were included. Pati...

Aug 2nd, 2020 - Anomalous origin of the left circumflex artery (LCA) arising from the right coronary sinus was observed in a 45-year-old man with aortic root aneurysm. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) was decided despite the subannular course of the ...

Aug 2nd, 2020 - Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with poor outcomes after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to assess RV systolic and diastolic function in the perioperative period after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). P...

Aug 1st, 2020 - The aim of this study was to analyze the results of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) performed simultaneously with additional cardiac procedures in a single tertiary-level center. Data of patients who underwent PEA with additional cardiac procedures...

Aug 26th, 2019 - Patients at very high risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes derive substantial benefit from proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibition, according to results of two analyses from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial. In one prespecifi.

Aug 21st, 2019 - Viable myocardium doesn't boost long-term benefit from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease (CAD), a STICH trial analysis found. All-cause mortality was less likely over a medi...

May 9th, 2019 - Patients who got coronary artery bypass grafting and were confirmed to have perioperative myocardial ischemia tended to maintain their left ventricular ejection fractions with urgent percutaneous coronary intervention and conservative treatment, a...

May 3rd, 2019 - Surgery holds a real-world survival benefit over stenting in multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) that persists in contemporary practice -- despite randomized data saying otherwise, according to an analysis of two national registries. Percuta...

Apr 4th, 2019 - Diabetes patients had similar outcomes from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as from percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for left main coronary artery disease, like the rest of the EXCEL cohort. (Journal of the American College of Cardi...