recommendations. A new section on the use of intraoperative transesophageal
echocardiography (TEE) is being added to update the guidelines published by the American …

Increasing interest is being shown in beating heart (off‐pump) coronary artery surgery
(OPCAB) because, compared with operations performed with cardiopulmonary bypass …

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 …

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Objectives: This study examined the effect of aspirin on the risk of embolic events in infective
endocarditis (IE). Background: Embolism is a major complication of IE, and studies in animal …

Purpose: To describe the mechanisms of hemodynamic changes during off-pump coronary
artery bypass graft surgery (OP-CABG). Source: Pertinent medical literature in the English …

In several recent clinical trials on cardiac surgery patients, remote ischaemic preconditioning
(RIPC) showed a powerful myocardial protective effect. However, the effect of RIPC has not …

The evolution of techniques and knowledge of beating heart surgery has led anesthesia
toward the development of new procedures and innovations to promote patient safety and …

Objective: For patients who undergo off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery,
pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC) has been proposed as a useful intraoperative …