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 …

Off-pump techniques benefit men and women and narrow the disparity in mortality after coronary bypass grafting

JD Puskas, FH Edwards, PA Pappas, S O'Brien… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Women have historically had greater morbidity and mortality than men after
conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on cardiopulmonary bypass (ONCAB) …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the quality of publications reporting coronary artery bypass grafting trials

F Farrokhyar, R Chu, R Whitlock… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This systematic review was performed in accordance with a protocol that
prescribed eligibility criteria, search strategy, outcomes and statistical analyses. We …

Off-pump techniques disproportionately benefit women and narrow the gender disparity in outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery

JD Puskas, PD Kilgo, M Kutner, SV Pusca, O Lattouf… - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Women experience greater morbidity and mortality than men after
conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) …

On-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass: a propensity matched analysis

S Mizutani, A Matsuura, K Miyahara, T Eda… - The annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It remains unclear how cardioplegic arrest affects surgical results after
coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). This study compares early outcomes after …

Medium-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on pump versus off pump: results from a randomized controlled trial

W Karolak, G Hirsch, K Buth, JF Légaré - American Heart Journal, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Despite the proposed advantages of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft
(CABG) surgery, some controversy remains as to its advantages compared with on-pump …

Coronary Artery Revascularization (CARE) registry: an observational study of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery revascularization

G Palmer, MA Herbert, SL Prince, JL Williams… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Coronary Artery Revascularization (CARE) study is a multicenter
observational registry of coronary revascularization by percutaneous and surgical …

Long-term results of the endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass

TA Vassiliades Jr, VS Reddy, JD Puskas… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This retrospective study was undertaken to determine the long-term
angiographic patency and clinical outcomes of the endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery …

Reduced mortality in high-risk coronary patients operated off pump with preoperative intraaortic balloon counterpulsation

PY Etienne, S Papadatos, D Glineur, Y Mairy… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Preoperative intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation has better
outcomes compared with perioperative or postoperative insertion in critical patients, and off …

Outcomes after off-pump reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting

CD Morris, JD Puskas, SV Pusca, OM Lattouf… - …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Application of off-pump techniques to reoperative coronary artery bypass (redo
CABG) has been limited by technical difficulty and potential for embolism of atheromatous …