BACKGROUND: A minority of patients having cardiac procedures (15% to 20%) consume
more than 80% of the blood products transfused at operation. Blood must be viewed as a …

Objectives To assess the benefits and risks of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB)
versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a meta-analysis of randomized …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in this document are evidence based.
Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered evidence from the past 10 years through …

2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary |
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A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association
Task Force on Practice Guidelines

ContextPrevious trials of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) have enrolled selected
patients and have not rigorously evaluated long-term graft patency. A preliminary report …

Background The effect of the use of coronary-artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary
bypass and cardiac arrest (“off pump”) on graft patency remains uncertain. We undertook a …

Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed both without and with
cardiopulmonary bypass, referred to as off‐pump and on‐pump CABG respectively …

Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common complication after cardiac surgery. We aimed
to evaluate, by meta-analysis, all randomized trials testing interventions for preventing AF …