Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a key and effective surgical
treatment modality for coronary artery disease. Unfortunately, ischemia-reperfusion injury …

The strength of the association between cardiac biomarker release and prognosis is
uncertain. We performed a systematic literature search to find articles regarding these …

The aim of this study was to observe the impact of dexmedetomidine on postoperative
myocardial injury in patients undergoing off‑pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) grafting …

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 …

Background: Myocardial injury is associated with an adverse outcome after off-pump
coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCAB). The authors conducted a randomized …

Aims. Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCAB) is an established alternative
to on-pump surgical revascularization. Previous studies in patients with low or intermediate …

Robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft [robot-assisted (coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG)] surgery is the latest treatment for coronary artery disease. However, the surgery …

Background Lidocaine has been demonstrated to exert cardioprotective effects against
myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion injury. We evaluated whether a continuous iv infusion …

BACKGROUND: The optimal timing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients
with recent acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a widely …

For detection of cardiac ischemia based on regional pCO 2 measurement, sensor drift
becomes a problem when monitoring over several hours. A real-time drift correction …