Background: The comparative effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients in whom both procedures are …

Background and Purpose—As a result of advances in surgical, anesthetic, and medical
management, cardiac surgery can now be performed on older, sicker patients, some of …

Background We previously reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days or at
1 year in the rate of the composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or renal …

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 …

Background The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting
(CABG) with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with …

Background The benefits of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) without
cardiopulmonary bypass in the elderly are still undetermined. Methods We randomly …

Background Previously, we reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days in the
rate of a primary composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or new renal …

More than 80% of routine cardiac surgical procedures are performed using cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB). 1 Acute kidney injury (AKI; previously referred to as acute renal failure) after …

Over the past decade, minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery (MICS) has grown in
popularity. This growth has been driven, in part, by a desire to translate many of the …

OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous randomized and nonrandomized trials on off-and on-pump
coronary artery bypass grafting, it remains open which method is superior. Patient selection …