Surgical coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard of care for revascularization
of left main or three-vessel coronary artery disease. The off-pump coronary artery bypass …

About 15 years ago, Patient Blood Management (PBM) emerged as a new paradigm in
perioperative medicine and rapidly found support of all major medical societies and …

Background When superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass is combined
with indirect methods (eg, revascularization surgery) to treat Moyamoya disease (MMD) …

Background Individualized heparin management (IHM) uses heparin dose–response curves
to improve hemostasis management during cardiac surgery as compared with activated …

Background Thrombocytopenia after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been
evaluated in several studies, but the pathomechanisms behind this phenomenon are not …

BACKGROUND: Thrombin generation has a key role in the pathophysiology of hemostasis.
Research has focused on the intraoperative course of hemostasis, while little is known about …

Objectives The balance between hyper-and hypocoagulable states is critical after coronary
artery surgery both with (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) and without (off-pump …

Robotic cardiac surgery with the da Vinci robotic surgical system offers the benefits of a
minimally invasive procedure, including a smaller incision and scar, reduced risk of …

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was what the optimal intraoperative anticoagulation strategy should be …

Background The heparin sensitivity index (HSI) is closely associated with perioperative
ischemic events and increased blood loss in cardiac surgery. Previous studies have …