BACKGROUND: Practice guidelines reflect published literature. Because of the ever
changing literature base, it is necessary to update and revise guideline recommendations …

Graft patency verification is increasingly recognized as an important component of coronary
artery bypass grafting. Intuitively, eliminating intraoperative graft failure should reduce …

Background—Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCAB) has been performed
for many years, but its use is increasing in frequency, and it remains an open question …

The following chapter devoted to antithrombotic therapy for chronic coronary artery disease
(CAD) is part of the Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest …

Background Currently, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) and on-pump
coronary artery bypass grafting (ONCAB) are 2 well-established therapeutic strategies for …

Coronary revascularisation using cardiopulmonary bypass remains the gold standard
treatment for coronary artery disease. Over the past decade, techniques of revascularisation …

BACKGROUND: Although a lot of randomized trials of off-pump coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) versus on-pump CABG were conducted, the majority of them reported only …

Off-pump coronary arterial bypass grafting and new surgical apparatus and techniques have
decreased the mortality rate associated with this procedure to approximately 1.5%. If we …

Aims Uncertainty persists regarding the impact of the off-pump technique on coronary
bypass graft patency. The primary objective of this study was to assess coronary artery …

OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the angiographic changes of the anastomotic sites at three time
points for 5 years after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. METHODS: Of the 402 …