OBJECTIVES Risk prediction in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery remains
inaccurate and should be further improved. Therefore, we aimed to identify risk factors that …

OBJECTIVES Assessment of perioperative risk of elderly patients in cardiac surgery is
difficult, and most of the common risk scores show over-or underestimation. Two frailty …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the impact of frailty on the outcome after
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and whether it may improve the predictive ability of …

Objectives Mitral valve (MV) repair rates have lagged despite reported superior outcomes in
patients with mitral regurgitation. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the …

OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive hybrid revascularization (MIHR) by means of the left
mammary artery on the left anterior descending artery [minimally invasive direct coronary …

Objectives. Typically, patients referred to cardiac surgery are aged. Because EuroSCORE
tend to overestimate and STS tend to underestimate the risk of mortality after cardiac …

Background Chronic hyperglycemia (CHG) with HbA1c as an indicator affects postoperative
mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). Acute kidney …

Objectives Cardiothoracic surgical leadership recently challenged the surgical community to
achieve an operative mortality rate of 1.0% for the performance of isolated coronary artery …

Objective This study sought to determine the potential change in trends in the baseline
characteristics of patients with symptomatic severe mitral regurgitation who underwent …

Background The detrimental effect of active smoking on operative outcome after coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) is still debated and smoking cessation programs are usually …