Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac
surgery and an important predictor of patient morbidity as well as of prolonged …

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 …

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 …

2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary |
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Stable angina pectoris is a common and sometimes disabling disorder. The development of
new tools for the diagnostic and prognostic assessments of patients, along with the …

ContextPrevious trials of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) have enrolled selected
patients and have not rigorously evaluated long-term graft patency. A preliminary report …

A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association
Task Force on Practice Guidelines

Objective: Retrospective comparisons of selected patients undergoing off-pump versus
conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting have yielded inconsistent results and …

Background The effect of the use of coronary-artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary
bypass and cardiac arrest (“off pump”) on graft patency remains uncertain. We undertook a …

ContextCoronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is associated with a decline in
cognitive function, which has largely been attributed to the use of cardiopulmonary bypass …