Transfusion of red blood cells: the impact on short-term and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting, a ten-year follow-up. [PDF]
Transfusion of red blood cells (RBC) and other blood products in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with increased mortality and morbidity.
Bekker, Margreet +6 more
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Objectives. Combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and mitral valve repair (MVR) are associated with prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and aortic clamping time. Off-pump CABG has been claimed to avoid physiologic derangements related to CPB
А. С. Заволожин +2 more
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Surgical revascularization on the beating heart in patients with low ejection fraction [PDF]
Introduction. The subset of patients most likely to benefit from off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) remains a controversial issue, but the technique has been proposed to decrease postoperative mortality and morbidity.
Putnik Svetozar +6 more
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Background Coronary artery disease is the most common of the cardiovascular diseases that can be treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, with either on-pump or off-pump technique.
Ashraf Zahra
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Does Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Reduce the Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation? [PDF]
Introduction: To examine whether or not off-pump CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Reduce) reduces the incidence of AF after cardiac surgery. Methods: The study was carried out in 939 consecutive coronary artery disease patients with sinus rhythm from which ...
Khosrow Hashemzadeh +2 more
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Levosimendan for patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function and/or low cardiac output syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery. a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Previous studies have shown beneficial effects of levosimendan in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, showed no advantages of levosimendan.
Arcadipane, Antonio +8 more
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The aim. To evaluate the clinical outcomes and features of the state of the platelet-plasma and vascular hemostasis in patients (pts) with unstable angina and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on-pump and off-pump for the correction of ...
E. A. Medvedeva +3 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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Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively : a case control study [PDF]
Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery increases length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. A significant number of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures require perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP ...
Bingold, Tobias Michael +9 more
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Factors associated with prolonged length of stay following cardiac surgery in a major referral hospital in Oman: a retrospective observational study [PDF]
Two objectives were set for this study. The first was to identify factors influencing prolonged postoperative length of stay (LOS) following cardiac surgery. The second was to devise a predictive model for prolonged LOS in the cardiac intensive care unit
Almashrafi, A +4 more
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