The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to make recommendations
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular …

Objective: To review our current understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of
vein graft failure (VGF), give an overview of current preventive and interventional measures …

Background Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be performed either with
cardiopulmonary bypass (on pump) or without cardiopulmonary bypass (off pump). We …

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

Background Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with
the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary …

2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary |
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Stable angina pectoris is a common and sometimes disabling disorder. The development of
new tools for the diagnostic and prognostic assessments of patients, along with the …

It has been known for 50 years that transaminase activity increases in patients with acute
myocardial infarction. With the development of creatine kinase (CK), biomarkers of cardiac …

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 …