Coronary artery bypass grafting remains one of the most commonly performed major
surgeries, with well-established symptomatic and prognostic benefits in patients with …

Analysis of the problem of surgical pain is important in view of the fact that the success of
surgical treatment depends largely on proper pain management during the first few days …

Objective To provide recommendations for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
(ERACS) based on a multimodal perioperative medicine approach in adult cardiac surgery …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Background: When comparing effects of on-versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG), it is important to assess the long-term clinical outcomes. However, most research …

Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has been performed for> 30 years. The
promotion of OPCAB was based on its potential benefits over some of the limitations of …

Background General anaesthesia combined with epidural analgesia may have a beneficial
effect on clinical outcomes. However, use of epidural analgesia for cardiac surgery is …

Background The debate on the relative benefits of off‐pump and on‐pump coronary artery
bypass surgery (OPCABG and ONCABG) is still open. We aimed to provide an updated and …

Objectives We evaluated the influence of transit-time flow measurement with epicardial and
epiaortic high-frequency ultrasound in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting …

There is limited data comparing effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents in patients with non …