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May 7th, 2021 - Commentary: The times they are a-changin': Coronary artery bypass grafting following acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.|2021|Herbst DA,Atluri P,|

May 7th, 2021 - Many studies support that the no-touch (NT) procedure can improve the patency rate of vein grafts. However, it is not clear that the sequential vein graft early expansion in the NT technique during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). ...

May 7th, 2021 - A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was: In [patients with multivessel coronary artery diseases (CAD)] is [hybrid revascularization (HCR)] equal to [coronary artery bypass...

May 6th, 2021 - Utilization of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) at time of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), impact on clinical decision making and associated outcomes are not well understood. To determine the association of TE...

May 6th, 2021 - Type D personality is accompanied by a set of negative behavioral patterns: low physical activity, high levels of psychological distress, low adherence to treatment. However, studies regarding predictive value of the type D personality remain inco...

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...

May 7th, 2021 - Commentary: The times they are a-changin': Coronary artery bypass grafting following acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.|2021|Herbst DA,Atluri P,|

May 7th, 2021 - Many studies support that the no-touch (NT) procedure can improve the patency rate of vein grafts. However, it is not clear that the sequential vein graft early expansion in the NT technique during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). ...

May 7th, 2021 - A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was: In [patients with multivessel coronary artery diseases (CAD)] is [hybrid revascularization (HCR)] equal to [coronary artery bypass...

May 6th, 2021 - Utilization of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) at time of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), impact on clinical decision making and associated outcomes are not well understood. To determine the association of TE...

May 6th, 2021 - Type D personality is accompanied by a set of negative behavioral patterns: low physical activity, high levels of psychological distress, low adherence to treatment. However, studies regarding predictive value of the type D personality remain inco...

Jan 13th, 2021 - Intraoperative injection of calcium chloride into the four major atrial ganglionated plexi (GPs) reduced the incidence of early postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - A new study shows sex differences in mortality rates among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The researchers found that 7 years after a CABG procedure mortality was lower in men, but not in women, who had undergone multip...

Aug 18th, 2020 - The beneficial effect on all-cause mortality of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) observed at 4 and 5 years in women with complex coronary disease seen in the SYNTAX trial is gone at 10 years. If anything, the results suggest a mortal...

Jul 28th, 2020 - After months of denying the data exist, investigators of the controversial EXCEL trial published an analysis of the universal definition of myocardial infarction that they failed to include in previous journal publications from the study. The new ...

Jul 28th, 2020 - After months of denying the data exist, investigators of the controversial EXCEL trial published an analysis of the universal definition of myocardial infarction that they failed to include in previous journal publications from the study. The new ...