Post-operative atrial fibrillation: a maze of mechanisms

B Maesen, J Nijs, J Maessen, M Allessie, U Schotten - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac
surgery and an important predictor of patient morbidity as well as of prolonged …

Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists …

VA Ferraris, SP Ferraris, SP Saha, EA Hessel II… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
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 …

2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task …

Writing Committee Members*, LD Hillis, PK Smith… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
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: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart …

Writing Committee Members*, LD Hillis, PK Smith… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary |
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[HTML][HTML] Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting improves short-term outcomes in high-risk patients compared with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: meta …

M Kowalewski, W Pawliszak, PG Malvindi… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart …

LD Hillis, PK Smith, JL Anderson, JA Bittl… - Anesthesia & …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association
Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Off-pump vs conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: early and 1-year graft patency, cost, and quality-of-life outcomes: a randomized trial

JD Puskas, WH Williams, EM Mahoney, PR Huber… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: a …

JD Puskas, WH Williams, PG Duke, JR Staples… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: Retrospective comparisons of selected patients undergoing off-pump versus
conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting have yielded inconsistent results and …

Off‐pump versus on‐pump coronary artery bypass grafting for ischaemic heart disease

CH Møller, L Penninga, J Wetterslev… - Cochrane Database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed both without and with
cardiopulmonary bypass, referred to as off‐pump and on‐pump CABG respectively …

Interventions for prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation and its complications after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

DC Burgess, MJ Kilborn, AC Keech - European heart journal, 2006 - academic.oup.com
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 …