Background: Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery is a very rare disease with incidence of one every 300,000 live births. It has a high mortality of 80% in the first year of life.
Suresh V. Joshi +4 more
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Protocol for the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART). A randomised trial to compare survival following bilateral versus single internal mammary grafting in coronary revascularisation [ISRCTN46552265] [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Standard coronary artery bypass graft surgery uses a single internal mammary artery and supplemental vein or radial artery grafts. Several observational studies have suggested a survival benefit with two internal mammary artery grafts ...
Alastair Gray +6 more
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Aprotinin reduces cardiac troponin I release and inhibits apoptosis of polymorphonuclear cells during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery [PDF]
Objectives: In addition to blood-sparing effects, aprotinin may have cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory effects during cardiopulmonary bypass-assisted cardiac surgery.
Bert, C. +9 more
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Atrial fibrillation and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: Risk factor analysis [PDF]
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent arrhythmia after conventional coronary artery bypass grafting. With the advent of minimally invasive technique for left internal mammary artery-left anterior descending coronary artery (LIMA-LAD) grafting, we ...
Mueller, Xavier +4 more
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Carotid cavernous fistula in a patient with coronary artery disease [PDF]
Carotid cavernous fistulas are abnormal communications between the carotid and cavernous vasculature, with potential for serious neurological and ocular sequelae. There is considerable literature on the neuro-radiological management of carotico-cavernous
Ashraf, Omer +3 more
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Incident Ischemic Heart Disease After Long-Term Occupational Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter: Accounting for 2 Forms of Survivor Bias. [PDF]
Little is known about the heart disease risks associated with occupational, rather than traffic-related, exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 µm or less (PM2.5).
Brown, Daniel M +6 more
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Comparing Two Surgical Outcomes: Minithoracotomy or Full Sternotomy in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery [PDF]
Cardiovascular diseases and heart-related conditions can be life-threatening; however, some cardiovascular conditions can be managed with open heart surgery.
Badrkhani, Shirin
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Coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
We report a case of a 62-year-old man with severe manifestations of postoperative coronary artery spasm following effective coronary artery bypass grafting. The coronary artery spasm was manifested by ST segment elevation, hypotension and wall motion abnormalities on echocardiography.
CAPUTO M +3 more
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A Case Report of Coronary-Subclavian Steal Syndrome Treated with Carotid to Axillary Artery Bypass
Coronary-subclavian steal syndrome results from atherosclerotic disease of the proximal subclavian artery causing reversal of flow in an internal mammary artery used as conduit for coronary artery bypass.
Wissam Al-Jundi +3 more
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New Technologies in Coronary Artery Surgery
Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death in developed countries. Major recent studies such as SYNTAX and FREEDOM have confirmed that coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the gold standard treatment in terms of survival and ...
David Taggart +2 more
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