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Hemostatic changes and clinical sequelae after on-pump compared with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a prospective randomized study
Felipe S. Paulitsch et al.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (2009)
Left ventricular volume measurement with echocardiography: a comparison of left ventricular opacification, three-dimensional echocardiography, or both with magnetic resonance imaging
Carly Jenkins et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2009)
Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine in preventing renal injury after heart surgery: a systematic review of randomized trials
A. Selcuk Adabag et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2009)
Unprotected left main revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Gilles Montalescot et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2009)
Postoperative blood loss in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery after preoperative treatment with clopidogrel. A prospective randomised controlled study
Cristina E. Firanescu et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2009)
Coronary artery bypass grafting versus drug-eluting stents in multivessel coronary disease. A meta-analysis on 24,268 patients
Umberto Benedetto et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2009)
Statins and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: preoperative and postoperative efficacy and safety
Alexander Kulik et al.
EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG SAFETY (2009)
Prognostic value of coronary revascularisation-related myocardial injury: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study
K. Rahimi et al.
HEART (2009)
Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cold-blood cardioplegia: a randomised controlled trial
V. Venugopal et al.
HEART (2009)
Survival of Elderly Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
Han S. Lim et al.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2009)
A Meta-Analysis of 3,773 Patients Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Surgery for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
Hursh Naik et al.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2009)
Prevalence and Repair of Intraoperatively Diagnosed Patent Foramen Ovale and Association With Perioperative Outcomes and Long-term Survival
Richard A. Krasuski et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2009)
Telephone-Delivered Collaborative Care for Treating Post-CABG Depression A Randomized Controlled Trial
Bruce L. Rollman et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2009)
Anxiety, depression and perceived control in patients having coronary artery bypass grafts
Robyn Gallagher et al.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING (2009)
Impact of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery: Experience in 1011 cases
Chikage Kihara et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
The Role of Natriuretic Peptide Administration in Cardiovascular Surgery-Associated Renal Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Sagar U. Nigwekar et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2009)
Epidemiology of Deep Sternal Wound Infection in Cardiac Surgery
Farzan Filsoufi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2009)
Tranexamic Acid Reduces Blood Loss in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Reza Jalaeian Taghaddomi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2009)
The concept of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after poststernotomy mediastinitis - a single center experience with 54 patients
Ina C. Ennker et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (2009)
Experiences with surgical treatment of ventricle septal defect as a post infarction complication
Kasim Oguz Coskun et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (2009)
Assessing the Economic Attractiveness of Coronary Artery Revascularization in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Eric L. Eisenstein et al.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS (2009)
Normal Plasma Levels of Cardiac Troponin I Measured by the High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Access Prototype Assay and the Impact on the Diagnosis of Myocardial Ischemia
Per Venge et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
Outcomes Following Pre-Operative Clopidogrel Administration in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery The ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial
Ramin Ebrahimi et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
Randomized Comparison of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Versus Sirolimus-Eluting Stenting in Isolated Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis
Holger Thiele et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
Routine Intraoperative Completion Angiography After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and 1-Stop Hybrid Revascularization
David X. Zhao et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy on Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Antonio Miceli et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2009)
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery provides better survival in patients with acute coronary syndrome or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction experiencing cardiogenic shock after percutaneous coronary intervention: A propensity score analysis
Fu-Chun Chiu et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Increased mortality and perioperative complications in patients with previous elective percutaneous coronary interventions undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Nikolaos Bonaros et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Impact of preoperative clopidogrel in off pump coronary artery bypass surgery: A propensity score analysis
Guillermo N. Vaccarino et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
POINT: Efficacy of adding mitral valve restrictive annuloplasty to coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with moderate ischemic mitral valve regurgitation: A randomized trial
Khalil Fattouch et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005
Howard K. Song et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Improved survival after coronary artery bypass grafting has not influenced the mortality disadvantage in patients with diabetes mellitus
Thomas Alserius et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials
Mark A. Hlatky et al.
LANCET (2009)
Percutaneous coronary interventions for non-acute coronary artery disease: a quantitative 20-year synopsis and a network meta-analysis
Thomas A. Trikalinos et al.
LANCET (2009)
Outcomes of a System-Wide Protocol for Elective and Nonelective Coronary Angioplasty at Sites Without On-site Surgery: The Mayo Clinic Experience
Mandeep Singh et al.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS (2009)
Fractional Flow Reserve versus Angiography for Guiding Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Pim A. L. Tonino et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)
A Randomized Trial of Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)
A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population.
Alex B. Haynes et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)
On-Pump versus Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery.
A. Laurie Shroyer et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease
Patrick W. Serruys et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2009)
Microemboli are not associated with delirium after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
James L. Rudolph et al.
PERFUSION-UK (2009)
The Bypassing the Blues Treatment Protocol: Stepped Collaborative Care for Treating Post-CABG Depression
Bruce L. Rollman et al.
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE (2009)
Is Gender an Independent Risk Factor for Coronary Bypass Grafting?
E. Sharoni et al.
THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON (2009)
GUIDELINES FOR INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING USING RAW (ANALOG OR DIGITAL WAVEFORMS) AND QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY: A POSITION STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
Michael R. Isley et al.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MONITORING AND COMPUTING (2009)
Age >=75 years is associated with greater resource utilization following coronary artery bypass grafting
I. Toor et al.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (2009)
Smoking cessation through the utilization of pharmacotherapy
Kathleen F Harrington et al.
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine (2009)
Intraoperative Grafts Assessment
Marzia Leacche et al.
SEMINARS IN THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Enabling Technology for Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Thomas Vassiliades
SEMINARS IN THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2009)
Gender disparity in cardiac procedures and medication use for acute myocardial infarction
John T. Nguyen et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Incentive spirometry with expiratory positive airway pressure reduces pulmonary complications, improves pulmonary function and 6-minute walk distance in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Mauren Porto Haeffener et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Prevention and rehabilitation - Three life-years gained from smoking cessation after coronary artery bypass surgery: A 30-year follow-up study
Ron T. van Domburg et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Clopidogrel use and bleeding after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
John Hyting-Jun Kim et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Design of the Future REvascularization Evaluation in patients with Diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of Multivessel disease (FREEDOM) trial
Michael E. Farkouh et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
A collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis on 1278 patients undergoing percutaneous drug-eluting stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease
Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Simultaneous hybrid percutaneous coronary intervention and minimally invasive surgical bypass grafting: Feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes
Barry Reicher et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Outcomes of 1,090 consecutive, elective, nonselected percutaneous coronary interventions at a community hospital without onsite cardiac, surgery
Andrew D. Frutkin et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Influence of the timing of cardiac catheterization and the amount of contrast media on acute renal failure after cardiac surgery
Marco Rcnucci et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Comparison of percutaneous versus surgical revascularization of severe unprotected left main coronary stenosis in matched patients
Sorin J. Brener et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Impact of perioperative myocardial infarction on angiographic and clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting (from PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein Graft ENgineering via Transfection [PREVENT] IV)
James M. Yau et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Guidelines for the performance of a comprehensive intraoperative epiaortic ultrasonographic examination: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; Endorsed by the society of thoracic surgeons
Kathryn E. Glas et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2008)
Predictors of cognitive dysfunction after major noncardiac surgery
Terri G. Monk et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2008)
Coronary angioplasty in drug eluting stent era for the treatment of unprotected left main stenosis compared to coronary artery bypass grafting
Timo H. Makikallio et al.
ANNALS OF MEDICINE (2008)
Cognition 6 years after surgical or medical therapy for coronary artery disease
Ola A. Selnes et al.
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY (2008)
Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition by cariporide to reduce the risk of ischemic cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: Results of the EXPEDITION study
Robert M. Mentzer et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Twelve-month patency with the PAS-Port proximal connector device: A single center prospective randomized trial
Joerg Kempfert et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Body size, gender, and transfusions as determinants of outcome after coronary operations
Marco Ranucci et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Does intensive management of cerebral hemodynamics and atheromatous aorta reduce stroke after coronary artery surgery?
Masanori Nakamura et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Absence of cognitive decline one year after coronary bypass surgery: Comparison to nonsurgical and healthy controls
Jerry J. Sweet et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Effect of smoking on short-term outcome of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Nael Al-Sarraf et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Early and late survival after surgical revascularization for ischemic ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia
Dumbor L. Ngaage et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Biomarker profile in off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in low-risk patients
Albert Castellheim et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Incidence, topography, predictors and long-term survival after stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Farzan Filsoufi et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
The frequency and cost of complications associated with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Results from the United States Medicare program
Phillip P. Brown et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Minimally Invasive Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization
David M. Holzhey et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
The influence of epiaortic ultrasonography on Intraoperative surgical management in 6051 cardiac surgical patients
Peter Rosenberger et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Impact of Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography on surgical decisions in 12,566 patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Holger K. Eltzschig et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Outcome after surgery and percutaneous intervention for cardiogenic shock and left main disease
Michael S. Lee et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting with drug-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease
Jeong Hoon Yang et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Preoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass grafting
Umberto Benedetto et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized smokers - A systematic review
Nancy A. Rigotti et al.
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2008)
Heart rate in the pathophysiology of coronary blood flow and myocardial ischaemia: benefit from selective bradycardic agents
G. Heusch
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY (2008)
Thoracic epidural analgesia improves pulmonary function in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Paul K. Tenenbein et al.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE (2008)
The impact of diabetic status on coronary artery bypass graft patency - Insights from the radial artery patency study
Steve K. Singh et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Does location of the second internal thoracic artery graft influence outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting?
Joseph F. Sabik et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary surgery affects late survival
Giovanni Mariscalco et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Impact of Statin Use on Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Alexander Kulik et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention to reduce ischemic burden - Results from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial nuclear substudy
Leslee J. Shaw et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Comparison of risk-adjusted hospital outcomes
David M. Shahian et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Clinical outcome after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture
Antonio Russo et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Nonrandomized Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Octogenarians
Josep Rodes-Cabau et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in low-risk patients early after coronary artery bypass surgery
Jean L. Rouleau et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation versus coronary artery bypass surgery for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease
Duk-Woo Park et al.
CIRCULATION (2008)
Preoperative use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers is associated with increased risk for acute kidney injury after cardiovascular surgery
Pradeep Arora et al.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (2008)
Coronary surgery for acute coronary syndrome: which determinants of outcome remain?
K. Alexiou et al.
CLINICAL RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY (2008)
The pulmonary artery catheter: In medio virtus
Jean-Louis Vincent et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Immunoglobulin G treatment of postcardiac surgery patients with score-identified severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome - The ESSICS study
Karl Werdan et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
The effect of pre-operative aspirin on bleeding, transfusion, myocardial infarction, and mortality in coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review of randomized and observational studies
Jack C. J. Sun et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery:: a meta-analysis of over 30,000 patients
Oliver J. Liakopoulos et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2008)
No improvement in neurocognitive outcomes after off-pump versus on-pump coronary revascularisation: a meta-analysis
Silvana F. Marasco et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Effect of clopidogrel on bleeding and transfusions after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: impact of discontinuation prior to surgery
Simon Maltais et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Cognitive outcomes in elderly high-risk patients 1 year after off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. A randomized trial
Birte Ostergaard Jensen et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Influence of sex and age on long-term survival in systematic off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Raymond Cartier et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Effect of ischemic postconditioning in adult valve replacement
Wanjun Luo et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Ischaemic preconditioning during cardiac surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes in randomised clinical trials
Stewart R. Walsh et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2008)
Regular exercise training compared with percutaneous intervention leads to a reduction of inflammatory markers and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease
Claudia Walther et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION (2008)
Isolated Disease of the Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Comparing the Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
John R. Kapoor et al.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2008)
Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for Treatment of Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
Anthony J. White et al.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2008)
Efficacy and Safety of Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate (MC-1) in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2008)
Preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Adel M. Dyub et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2008)
Fenoldopam reduces the need for renal replacement therapy and in-hospital death in cardiovascular surgery: A meta-analysis
Giovanni Landoni et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2008)
Does continuous insulin therapy reduce postoperative supraventricular tachycardia incidence after coronary artery bypass operations in diabetic patients?
Pakize Kirdemir et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2008)
Clopidogrel treatment before coronary artery bypass graft surgery increases postoperative morbidity and blood product requirements
Farzan Filsoufi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2008)
Endovascular therapy for congenital coronary artery anomalies in adults
Gianluca Rigatelli et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE (2008)
Effects of ibuprofen on the magnitude and duration of aspirin's inhibition of platelet aggregation: Clinical consequences in stroke prophylaxis
Francis M. Gengo et al.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (2008)
Hyperglycemia predicts mortality after CABG: postoperative hyperglycemia predicts dramatic increases in mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Kent W. Jones et al.
JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS (2008)
Anxiety and depression as risk factors for mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery
Phillip J. Tully et al.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH (2008)
Angiographic predictors of 6-month patency of bypass grafts implanted to the right coronary artery
David Glineur et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Impact of Clopidogrel in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Requiring Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery A Multicenter Analysis
Jeffrey S. Berger et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Acute and late outcomes of unprotected left main stenting in comparison with surgical revascularization
Pawel E. Buszman et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
10-year follow-up of a prospective randomized trial comparing bare-metal stenting with internal mammary artery grafting for proximal, isolated de novo left anterior coronary artery stenosis - The SIMA (Stenting versus Internal Mammary Artery Grafting) trial
Jean-Jacques Goy et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
A meta-analysis of 17 randomized trials of a percutaneous coronary intervention-based strategy in patients with stable coronary artery disease
Albert Schoemig et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
Najmeddine Echahidi et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Myocardial injury in coronary artery bypass grafting: On-pump versus off-pump comparison by measuring high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, cardiac troponin I, heart-type fatty acid-binding protein, creatine kinase-MB, and myoglobin release
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Pexelizumab in ischemic heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis on 15,196 patients
L. Testa et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Effect of rosuvastatin pretreatment on myocardial damage after coronary surgery: A randomized trial
Vito A. Mannacio et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Early and long-term outcomes in the elderly: Comparison between off-pump and on-pump techniques in 1191 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Yan Li et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Optimal timing of coronary artery bypass after acute myocardial infarction: A review of California discharge data
Eric S. Weiss et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Low-volume coronary artery bypass surgery: Measuring and optimizing performance
David M. Shahian et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Simultaneous hybrid coronary revascularization reduces postoperative morbidity compared with results from conventional off-pump coronary artery bypass
Zachary N. Kon et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Elevated preoperative hemoglobin A1c level is predictive of adverse events after coronary artery bypass surgery
Michael E. Halkos et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2008)
Heart rate as a prognostic risk factor in patients with coronary artery disease and left-ventricular systolic dysfunction (BEAUTIFUL): a subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Kim Fox et al.
LANCET (2008)
Effect of PCI on quality of life in patients with stable coronary disease
William S. Weintraub et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2008)
Stents versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease
Ki Bae Seung et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2008)
Drug-eluting stents vs. coronary-artery bypass grafting in multivessel coronary disease
Edward L. Hannan et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2008)
A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery
Dean A. Fergusson et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2008)
Anesthesia awareness and the bispectral index
Michael S. Avidan et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2008)
The minimized extracorporeal circulation system causes less inflammation and organ damage
T. Kofidis et al.
PERFUSION-UK (2008)
The risk factors affecting the complications of saphenous vein graft harvesting in aortocoronary bypass surgery
Monir Abbaszadeh et al.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIRURGIA CARDIOVASCULAR (2008)
Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor antagonists be omitted before cardiac surgery to avoid postoperative vasodilation?
S. G. Raja et al.
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (2008)
Simultaneous hybrid COronary revascularization using totally endoscopic left internal Mammary artery Bypass grafting and placement of rapamycIN eluting stents in the SAme intervenTIONal session - The COMBINATION pilot study
Johannes Bonatti et al.
CARDIOLOGY (2008)
Comparison of bypass surgery with drug-eluting stents for diabetic patients with multivessel disease
Michael S. Lee et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
An intraoperative assessment of the ascending aorta: A comparison of digital palpation, transesophageal echocardiography, and epiaortic ultrasonography
Sujeeth Suvarna et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2007)
Results and predictors of early and late outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in octogenarians
Farzan Filsoufi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2007)
Fenoldopam infusion for renal protection in high-risk cardiac surgery patients: A randomized clinical study
Andrea A. Cogliati et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2007)
Increased mortality, postoperative morbidity, and cost after red blood cell transfusion in patients having cardiac surgery
Gavin J. Murphy et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Universal definition of myocardial infarction
Kristian Thygesen et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
The safety of statins in clinical practice
Jane Armitage
LANCET (2007)
Systematic review: The comparative effectiveness of percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Dena M. Bravata et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2007)
Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Stephen D. Wiviott et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Comparison of cardiac surgery volumes and mortality rates between the society of thoracic surgeons and medicare Databases from 1993 through 2001
Karl F. Welke et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Cardioprotection by remote ischaemic preconditioning
S. R. Walsh et al.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA (2007)
Lipid-lowering effect of preoperative statin therapy on postoperative major adverse cardiac events after coronary artery bypass surgery
Matthias Thielmann et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Deterioration of regional wall motion immediately after coronary artery bypass graft surgery is associated with long-term major adverse cardiac events
Madhav Swaminathan et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2007)
Off-pump techniques benefit men and women and narrow the disparity in mortality after coronary bypass grafting
John D. Puskas et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Preoperative evaluation of the patient with pulmonary disease
Srinivas R. Bapoje et al.
CHEST (2007)
Does off-pump coronary surgery reduce postoperative acute renal failure?: The importance of Preoperative renal function
Michele Di Mauro et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Continuous-flow cell saver reduces cognitive decline in elderly patients after coronary bypass surgery
George Djaiani et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
AACVPR/ACC/AHA 2007 performance measures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to and delivery of cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention services
Randal J. Thomas et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
A systematic review of gender differences in mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions
Catherine Kim et al.
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Renal failure after cardiac surgery: Timing of cardiac catheterization and other perioperative risk factors
Danny Del Duca et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Superficial and deep sternal wound infection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): Incidence, risk factors and mortality
Abbas Salehi Omran et al.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2007)
Comparison of drug-eluting Stents versus surgery for unprotected left main coronary artery disease
Marcelo Sanmartin et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Mechanisms of disease: Myocardial reperfusion injury
Derek M. Yellon et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Surgical Revascularization is associated with improved long-term outcomes compared with percutaneous stenting in most subgroups of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease -: Results from the intermountain heart registry
Tami L. Bair et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting Stents for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
Aamir Javaid et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Off-pump techniques disproportionately benefit women and narrow the gender disparity in outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery
John D. Puskas et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
The cardiotomy trial a randomized, double-blind study to assess the effect of processing of shed blood during cardiopulmonary bypass on transfusion and neurocognitive function
Fraser D. Rubens et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery - Differences in short-term outcomes and in long-term mortality and need for subsequent revascularization
Edward L. Hannan et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Independent vascular and cognitive risk factors for postoperative delirium
James L. Rudolph et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Prospective Evaluation of Patency and Early Experience Utilizing an Automated Distal Anastomosis Device (C-Port)
Tung H. Cai et al.
INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
The incidental finding of a patent Foramen ovale during cardiac surgery: Should it always be repaired? A core review
Mikhail R. Sukernik et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2007)
Systemic inflammation after on-pump and off-pump coronary bypass surgery: A one-month follow-up
Alessandro Parolari et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Esophageal Stents for iatrogenic Esophageal perforations during cardiac surgery
Ahmed S. E. Ramadan et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on myocardial injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomised controlled trial
Derek J. Hausenloy et al.
LANCET (2007)
ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Developed in Collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Jeffrey L. Anderson et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Incidence of intraoperative hypotension as a function of the chosen definition - Literature definitions applied to a retrospective cohort using automated data collection
Jilles B. Bijker et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2007)
Renoprotective effect of preoperative statins in coronary artery bypass grafting
Minoru Tabata et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
A meta-analysis of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass versus percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting for isolated left anterior descending artery disease is indispensable
Hisato Takagi et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Desflurane and sevoflurane in cardiac surgery:: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Giovanni Landoni et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2007)
Preoperative statins and infectious complications following cardiac surgery
Craig I. Coleman et al.
CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION (2007)
Favorable long-term outcome after drug-eluting stent implantation in nonbifurcation lesions that involve unprotected left main coronary artery - A multicenter registry
Alaide Chieffo et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Spyder aortic connector system in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Fausto Biancari et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Predictors and outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in ST elevation myocardial infarction
Matthias Thielmann et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Effects of preoperative aspirin and clopidogrel therapy on perioperative blood loss and blood transfusion requirements in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Jae Kwang Shim et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Revascularization in severe left ventricular dysfunction: Outcome comparison of drug-eluting stent implantation versus coronary artery by-pass grafting
Giuseppe Gioia et al.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2007)
Pain management: A fundamental human right
Frank Brennan et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2007)
Intraoperative imaging techniques to assess coronary artery bypass graft patency
Lognathen Balacumaraswami et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
The association of nicotine replacement therapy with mortality in a medical intensive care unit
Amy H. Lee et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Benefits of cardiac surgery in octogenarians - a postoperative quality of life assessment
Christoph H. Huber et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Invasive vs non-invasive treatment in acute coronary syndromes and prior bypass surgery
Enrique P. Gurfinkel et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Effect of preoperative angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker use on the frequency of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a cohort Study from the atrial fibrillation suppression trials II and III
C. Michael White et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Screening carotid sonography before elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery:: Who needs it
Robert G. Sheiman et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY (2007)
Statistical and clinical aspects of hospital outcomes profilling
Sharon-Lise T. Normand et al.
STATISTICAL SCIENCE (2007)
Volume, process of care, and operative mortality for cystectomy for bladder cancer
Brent K. Hollenbeck et al.
UROLOGY (2007)
Phase II, randomized, controlled trial of high-dose N-acetylcysteine in high-risk cardiac surgery patients
Michael Haase et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2007)
The final 10-year follow-up results from the BARI randomized trial
Maria Mori Brooks et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease
William E. Boden et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Significant improvement in short-term mortality in women undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (1991 to 2004)
Karin H. Humphries et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Quality of life in patients with symptomatic multivessel coronary artery disease:: A comparative post hoe analyses of medical, angioplasty or surgical strategies-MASS II trial
Maria Elenita Favarato et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: Part 1 - Conceptual framework and measure selection
David M. Shahian et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Revascularization for heart failure
Harry R. Phillips et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2007)
Guidelines for performing a comprehensive epicardial echocardiography examination: Recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
Scott T. Reeves et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (2007)
Efficacy of perindopril in reducing risk of cardiac events in patients with revascularized coronary artery disease
Kim M. Fox et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2007)
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: Part 2 - Statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating
Sean M. O'Brien et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Use of nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory drugs an update for clinicians - A scientific statement from the American Heart Association
Elliott M. Antman et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Comparison of clinical and administrative data sources for hospital coronary artery bypass graft surgery report cards
David M. Shahian et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Meta-analysis of minimally invasive internal thoracic artery bypass versus percutaneous revascularisation for isolated lesions of the left anterior descending artery
Omer Aziz et al.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2007)
Comparison of coronary drug-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with diabetes mellitus
Carlo Briguori et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Analysis of 14 trials comparing sirolimus-eluting stents with bare-metal stents
Adnan Kastrati et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Stent thrombosis in randomized clinical trials of drug-eluting stents
Laura Mauri et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Five-year follow-up of the medicine, angioplasty, or surgery study (MASS II) - A randomized controlled clinical trial of 3 therapeutic strategies for multivessel coronary artery disease
Whady Hueb et al.
CIRCULATION (2007)
Gene regulatory control of myocardial energy metabolism predicts postoperative cardiac function in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery - Inhalational versus intravenous anesthetics
Eliana Lucchinetti et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2007)
Outcomes associated with the use of secondary prevention medications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Abhinav Goyal et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Intraoperative transesophagial echo cardiography modifies strategy in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Ahmet Tayfun Gurbuz et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Surgical bleeding after pre-operative unfractionated heparin and low molecular weight heparin for coronary bypass surgery
Giulia Renda et al.
HAEMATOLOGICA (2007)
Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection
Edward B. Savage et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Cognitive and cardiac outcomes 5 years after off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Diederik van Dijk et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Intensive intraoperative insulin therapy versus conventional glucose management during cardiac surgery - A randomized trial
Gunjan Y. Gandhi et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2007)
Current concepts - Perioperative stroke
Magdy Selim
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2007)
Prevention of premature ditscontinuation of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery stents
Cindy L. Grines et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with preoperative non-dialysis dependent renal insufficiency: A randomized study
Lokeswara Rao Sajja et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Neurocognitive function and cerebral emboli: Randomized study of on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Reza Motallebzadeh et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Discharge to home rates are significantly lower for octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Hasmet Bardakci et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery: Right internal thoracic artery to right coronary artery bypass is not the answer
Lynn M. Fedoruk et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation
Eric L. Eisenstein et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Beneficial impact of Fenoldopam in critically ill patients with or at risk for acute renal failure: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Giovanni Landoni et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES (2007)
A meta-analysis of randomized control trials comparing minimally invasive direct coronary bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention for stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery
Zehra Jaffery et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Perioperative beta-blockers for preventing surgery-related mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Franz Wiesbauer et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2007)
Monitoring brain oxygen saturation during coronary bypass surgery: A randomized, prospective study
John M. Murkin et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2007)
Effect of intravenous N-acetylcysteine on outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery: A randomized, doubleblind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Ismail El-Hamamsy et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2007)
Morbidity associated with systemic corticosteroid preparation for coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case control study
Daniele Starobin et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (2007)
Pre-operative mild cognitive dysfunction predicts risk for post-operative delirium after elective cardiac surgery
Graciela Veliz-Reissmuller et al.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH (2007)
Same-day combined percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery surgery
Martine Gilard et al.
CARDIOLOGY (2007)
Poststernotomy mediastinitis:: a review of conventional surgical treatments, vacuum-assisted closure therapy and presentation of the Lund University Hospital mediastinitis algorithm
Johan Sjogren et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Revascularization of left anterior descending artery with drug-eluting stents: Comparison with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery
Yanai Ben-Gal et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Early outcomes in the elderly: a meta-analysis of 4921 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting - comparison between off-pump and on-pump techniques
S. S. Panesar et al.
HEART (2006)
Randomized trial of hormone therapy in women after coronary bypass surgery - Evidence of differential effect of hormone therapy on angiographic progression of disease in saphenous vein grafts and native coronary arteries
Pamela Ouyang et al.
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (2006)
Effect of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery on postoperative acute kidney injury and mortality
John Kevin Hix et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2006)
Eliminating the Diabetic Disadvantage: The Portland Diabetic Project
Anthony P. Furnary et al.
SEMINARS IN THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Increased risk associated with combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A propensity-matched comparison with isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Jacek B. Cywinski et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2006)
Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative dialysis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Rajendra H. Mehta et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Risk factors of ventricular tachyarrhythmias after coronary artery bypass grafting
Marco Budeus et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Routine percutaneous coronary intervention in elderly patients with cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction
Angela Migliorini et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2006)
American Society of Echocardiography/Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Recommendations and Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Perioperative Echocardiography
Joseph P. Mathew et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (2006)
Strict blood glucose control with insulin during intensive care after cardiac surgery: impact on 4-years survival, dependency on medical care, and quality-of-life
Catherine Ingels et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2006)
Preoperative intensive inspiratory muscle training to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications in high-risk patients undergoing CABG surgery -: A randomized clinical trial
Erik H. J. Hulzebos et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2006)
Randomized trial of atorvastatin for reduction of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery - Results of the ARMYDA-3 (Atorvastatin for reduction of MYocardial dysrhythmia after cardiac surgery) study
Giuseppe Patti et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Selection of surgical or percutaneous coronary intervention provides differential longevity benefit
Peter K. Smith et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Cardioprotective effects of acute and chronic opioid treatment are mediated via different signaling pathways
Jason N. Peart et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY (2006)
Pain after cardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study of 1-year incidence and intensity
Pasi Lahtinen et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2006)
Impact of treating Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers on wound infections in cardiac surgery
A. Konvalinka et al.
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION (2006)
Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafts versus percutaneous coronary intervention for revascularization of high-risk patients
Kevin T. Stroupe et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass on a beating heart: Initial experience and implications for the future
William F. Turner et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Large-dose propofol during cardiopulmonary bypass decreases biochemical markers of myocardial injury in coronary surgery patients: A comparison with isoflurane
Zhengyuan Xia et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2006)
The effects of volatile anesthetics on cardiac ischemic complications and mortality in CABG: a meta-analysis
Chun Hua Yu et al.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE (2006)
A randomized trial of tranexamic acid in combination with cell salvage plus a meta-analysis of randomized trials evaluating tranexamic acid in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Gavin J. Murphy et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Watershed strokes after cardiac surgery - Diagnosis, etiology, and outcome
Rebecca F. Gottesman et al.
STROKE (2006)
Prevalence of unfavorable angiographic characteristics for percutaneous intervention in patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease
Michael Ragosta et al.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2006)
Revascularization in patients with heart failure
Ross T. Tsuyuki et al.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (2006)
The surgical infection prevention and surgical care improvement projects: National initiatives to improve outcomes for patients having surgery
Dale W. Bratzler et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2006)
Stable cognition after coronary artery bypass grafting: Comparisons with percutaneous intervention and normal controls
Todd K. Rosengart et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Opioids and cardioprotection: The impact of morphine and fentanyl on recovery of ventricular function after cardiopulmonary bypass
Glenn S. Murphy et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2006)
Preoperative statin therapy is associated with reduced cardiac mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Charles D. Collard et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcomes trials comparing intensive versus moderate statin therapy
Christopher P. Cannon et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Predictive factors of stroke in patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting: statins are protective
Victor Aboyans et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Acute clopidogrel use and outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Rajendra H. Mehta et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Efficacy of varenicline, an α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist, vs placebo or sustained-release bupropion for smoking cessation -: A randomized controlled trial
Douglas E. Jorenby et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2006)
Intravenous administration of metoprolol is more effective than oral administration in the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
J Halonen et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Post-reperfusion myocardial infarction - Long-term survival improvement using adenosine regulation with acadesine
Dennis T. Mangano et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Intraoperative red blood cell transfusion during coronary artery bypass graft surgery increases the risk of postoperative low-output heart failure
Stephen D. Surgenor et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Prognostic value of preoperative cardiac troponin I in patients undergoing emergency coronary artery bypass surgery with non-ST-elevation or ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
M Thielmann et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Two-stage management of sternal wound infection using bilateral pectoralis major advancement flap
Clement H. K. Wong et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Comparison between coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery for the treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis (the Bologna Registry)
Tullio Palmerini et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Higher levels of serum cytokines and myocardial tissue markers during on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Nahum Nesher et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2006)
Persistent effect of red cell transfusion on health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery
CG Koch et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Cognitive outcomes in elderly high-risk patients after off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting - A randomized trial
Birte Ostergaard Jensen et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Upper gastrointestinal injuries related to perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: Index case, literature review, classification proposal, and call for a registry
John G. T. Augoustides et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2006)
Prevalence, characteristics, and predictors of chronic nonanginal postoperative pain after a cardiac operation:: A cross-sectional study
Marie-Christine Taillefer et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Volume and process of care in high-risk cancer surgery
John D. Birkmeyer et al.
CANCER (2006)
Clinical outcomes of low-risk patients undergoing beating-heart surgery with or without pulmonary artery catheterization
FG Resano et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2006)
Percutaneous treatment with drug-eluting stent implantation versus bypass surgery for unprotected left main stenosis - A single-center experience
Alaide Chieffo et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
The impact of epiaortic ultrasonographic scanning on the risk of perioperative stroke
Bartolo Zingone et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Integrated coronary revascularization with drug-eluting stents: Immediate and seven-month outcome
TA Vassiliades et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Patient-controlled versus nurse-controlled analgesia after cardiac surgery -: a meta-analysis
Daniel Bainbridge et al.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE (2006)
Transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with reduced long-term survival
CG Koch et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
The predictive accuracy of the New York State coronary artery bypass surgery report-card system
AK Jha et al.
HEALTH AFFAIRS (2006)
Results of the prospective multicenter trial of robotically assisted totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting
M Argenziano et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Does the use of erythropoietin reduce the risk of exposure to allogeneic blood transfusion in cardiac surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis
AA Alghamdi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2006)
A total of 1,007 percutaneous coronary interventions without onsite cardiac surgery - Acute and long-term outcomes
HH Ting et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Effect of clopidogrel premedication in off-pump cardiac surgery - Are we forfeiting the benefits of reduced hemorrhagic sequelae?
EI Kapetanakis et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Gender risk differences for surgical site infections among a primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery cohort: 1995-1998
JK Bundy et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL (2006)
Tolerance of vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and incidence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization
S Kachroo et al.
ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY (2006)
Impact of renal dysfunction on outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery - Results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database
WA Cooper et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Comparison of coronary artery bypass surgery with percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents for unprotected left main coronary artery disease
MS Lee et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Predictors of revascularization method and long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention or repeat coronary bypass surgery in patients with multivessel coronary disease and previous coronary bypass surgery
SJ Brener et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2006)
Coronary artery bypass grafting within the first year after treatment of large acute myocardial infarctions with angioplasty or fibrinolysis
HK Kjaergard et al.
SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL (2006)
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of epsilon-aminocaproic acid for reducing blood loss in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
M Kikura et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (2006)
Prognostic value of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in coronary artery bypass grafting
RG Fuster et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Gender differences in outcomes after hospital discharge from coronary artery bypass grafting
V Guru et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Standards for statistical models used for public reporting of health outcomes - An American Heart Association scientific statement from the quality of care and outcomes research interdisciplinary writing group - Cosponsored by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and the Stroke Council - Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
HM Krumholz et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Myocardial viability testing and the effect of early intervention in patients with advanced left ventricular systolic dysfunction
KG Tarakji et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Summary Article A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)
SC Smith et al.
CIRCULATION (2006)
Aortic counterpulsation: A review of the hemodynamic effects and indications for use
RA Santa-Cruz et al.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2006)
Public versus private institutional performance reporting: What is mandatory for quality improvement?
Veena Guru et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2006)
Clinical outcomes of nonelective coronary revascularization with and without cardiopulmonary bypass
SC Stamou et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Influence of patient characteristics and arterial grafts on freedom from coronary reoperation
JF Sabik et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Assessment of statistical change criteria used to define significant change in neuropsychological test performance following cardiac surgery
PD Raymond et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Transfusion increases the risk of postoperative infection after cardiovascular surgery
MK Banbury et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (2006)
Technical challenges in totally endoscopic robotic coronary artery bypass grafting
J Bonatti et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2006)
Short-stay intensive care after coronary artery bypass surgery: Randomized clinical trial on safety and cost-effectiveness
GAPG van Mastrigt et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2006)
Preoperative statin therapy and troponin T predict early complications of coronary artery surgery
DA Pascual et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Six-month angiographic follow-up of the PAS-Port II clinical trial
JF Gummert et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
The society of thoracic surgeons practice guideline series: Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery, part I: Duration
FH Edwards et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2006)
Does fast-tyack treatment lead to a decrease of intensive care unit and hospital length of stay in coronary artery bypass patients? A meta-regression of randomized clinical trials
Ghislaine A. P. G. van Mastrigt et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2006)
Statins and postoperative risk of atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting
F Marin et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2006)
A randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study with tranexamic acid of bleeding and fibrinolytic activity after primary coronary artery bypass grafting
ATL Santos et al.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (2006)
Impact of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery on postoperative bleeding: Current best available evidence
SG Raja et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2006)
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection after cardiac surgery: Risk factors and outcome
Christian Olsson et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2006)
NSAID-analgesia, pain control and morbidity in cardiothoracic surgery
D Bainbridge et al.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE (2006)
New paradigms in cardiovascular medicine - Emerging technologies and practices: Perioperative genomics
MV Podgoreanu et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Limitations of hospital volume as a measure of quality of care for coronary artery bypass craft surgery
KF Welke et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
The Cardica C-Port System: Clinical and angiographic evaluation of a new device for automated, compliant distal anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery - A multicenter prospective clinical trial
KE Matschke et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Use of nicotine replacement therapy and the risk of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and death
R Hubbard et al.
TOBACCO CONTROL (2005)
Vacuum-assisted wound closure of deep sternal infections in high-risk patients after cardiac surgery
KN Cowan et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Renal dysfunction in high-risk patients after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: A propensity score analysis
A Chukwuemeka et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Comparison of bare-metal stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery for stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery - A 5-year follow-up
H Thiele et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
High-dose atorvastatin vs usual dose simvastatin for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction - The IDEAL study: A randomized controlled trial
TR Pedersen et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2005)
Differences in the management and prognosis of women and men who suffer from acute coronary syndromes
SS Anand et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Attempted control of hyperglycemia during cardiopulmonary bypass fails to improve neurologic or neurobehavioral outcomes in patients without diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
J Butterworth et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Is reoperation still a risk factor in coronary artery bypass surgery?
JF Sabik et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
The identification and development of Canadian coronary artery bypass graft surgery quality indicators
V Guru et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Meta-analysis: Secondary prevention programs for patients with coronary artery disease
AM Clark et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2005)
Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins
C Baigent et al.
LANCET (2005)
Platelet response to low-dose enteric-coated aspirin in patients with stable cardiovascular disease
AO Maree et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Assessment of health-related quality of life after coronary revascularization
N Bonaros et al.
HEART SURGERY FORUM (2005)
The impact of vacuum-assisted closure on long-term survival after post-sternotomy mediastinitis
J Sjögren et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Resource utilization, postoperative mortality, and morbidity
BH Scott et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2005)
Predictors of smoking cessation in patients admitted for acute coronary heart disease
Petter Quist-Paulsen et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION (2005)
Poor intraoperative blood glucose control is associated with a worsened hospital outcome after cardiac surgery in diabetic patients
A Ouattara et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2005)
Hyperglycemia during cardiopulmonary bypass is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
T Doenst et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting after acute myocardial infarction complicated by Cardiogenic shock - Results from the Should We Emergently Revascularize Occluded Coronaries for Cardiogenic Shock (SHOCK) trial
HD White et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
Clinical features of complications from transesophageal echocardiography: A single-center case series of 10,000 consecutive examinations
JK Min et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (2005)
Hemodilution and surgical hemostasis contribute significantly to transfusion requirements in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass
S Dial et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Continuous insulin infusion reduces infectious complications in diabetics following coronary surgery
LA Hruska et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2005)
Volume-outcome relationships for percutaneous coronary interventions in the Stent era
EL Hannan et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
Five-year follow-up of the argentine randomized trial of coronary angioplasty with stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple vessel disease (ERACI II)
AE Rodriguez et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Five-year outcomes after coronary stenting versus bypass surgery for the treatment of multivessel disease -: The final analysis of the arterial revascularization therapies study (ARTS) randomized trial
PW Serruys et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Severe hypothyroidism after coronary artery bypass grafting
AK Sarma et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Are even impaired fasting blood glucose levels preoperatively associated with increased mortality after CABG surgery?
RE Anderson et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2005)
Renal protection by radical scavenging in cardiac surgery patients
UM Fischer et al.
CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION (2005)
Fenoldopam mesylate in early acute tubular necrosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
JA Tumlin et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES (2005)
Aortic valve replacement in patients with mild or moderate aortic stenosis and coronary bypass surgery
JJ Pereira et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2005)
Intraoperative hyperglycemia and perioperative outcomes in cardiac surgery patients
GY Gandhi et al.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS (2005)
Percutaneous coronary intervention versus conservative therapy in nonacute coronary artery disease - A meta-analysis
DG Katritsis et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
Clinical outcome after poststernotomy mediastinitis:: Vacuum-assisted closure versus conventional treatment
J Sjögren et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Does reporting of coronary artery bypass grafting from administrative databases accurately reflect actual clinical outcomes?
MJ Mack et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Routine immediate extubation after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: 514 consecutive patients
JL Horswell et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2005)
Comparing on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting - Numerous studies but few conclusions - A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia in Collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research
FW Sellke et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
Long-term outcomes of coronary-artery bypass grafting versus stent implantation
EL Hannan et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2005)
Effects of high thoracic epidural analgesia on myocardial blood flow in patients with ischemic heart disease
E Nygård et al.
CIRCULATION (2005)
The effect of oral prednisolone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
H Bingol et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2005)
A high fidelity tissue-based cardiac surgical simulator
PS Ramphal et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Effect of risk-adjusted morbidity after coronary diabetes on mortality and artery bypass surgery
C Kubal et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
How should patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction be managed? A meta-analysis of randomized trials
NK Choudhry et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2005)
Funnel plots for comparing institutional performance
DJ Spiegelhalter
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE (2005)
Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease
JC LaRosa et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2005)
Meta-analysis: Low-dose dopamine increases urine output but does not prevent renal dysfunction or death
JO Friedrich et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2005)
Conventional models overestimate the statistical significance of volume-outcome associations, compared with multilevel models
DR Urbach et al.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2005)
Midterm follow-up after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention techniques
S Fraund et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guideline Series: Aspirin and other antiplatelet agents during operative coronary revascularization (Executive summary)
VA Ferraris et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Stenting or MIDCAB using ministernotomy for revascularization of proximal left anterior descending artery?
JW Kim et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2005)
Complications of the COX-2 inhibitors parecoxib and valdecoxib after cardiac surgery
NA Nussmeier et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2005)
The unintended consequences of publicly reporting quality information
RM Werner et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2005)
Pulmonary outcomes of off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in a randomized trial
GA Staton et al.
CHEST (2005)
Association of chronic kidney disease with clinical outcomes after coronary revascularization: The arterial revascularization therapies study (ARTS)
JH Ix et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2005)
The effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting on superficial and deep sternal infection: The role of skeletonization
R De Paulis et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
The effects of a smoking cessation intervention on 14.5-year mortality - A randomized clinical trial
NR Anthonisen et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2005)
The impact of deep sternal wound infection on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting
IK Toumpoulis et al.
CHEST (2005)
Comparison of saphenous vein and internal thoracic artery graft patency by coronary system
JF Sabik et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Increased creatine kinase MB level predicts postoperative mortality after cardiac surgery independent of new Q waves
J Ramsay et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Preoperative use of enoxaparin increases the risk of postoperative bleeding and re-exploration in cardiac surgery patients
SB McDonald et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2005)
Bispectral index as an indicator of cerebral hypoperfusion during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
TM Hemmerling et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2005)
Preconditioning with sevoflurane decreases PECAM-1 expression and improves one-year cardiovascular outcome in coronary artery bypass graft surgery
C Garcia et al.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA (2005)
Mortality after cardiac bypass surgery - Prediction from administrative versus clinical data
JM Geraci et al.
MEDICAL CARE (2005)
Quality of life following cardiac surgery: Impact of the severity and course of depressive symptoms
TM Goyal et al.
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE (2005)
Percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation vs. minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) in patients with left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis
SJ Hong et al.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2005)
A clinical score to predict acute renal failure after cardiac surgery
CV Thakar et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (2005)
Does off-pump coronary artery bypass reduce mortality, morbidity, and resource utilization when compared with conventional coronary artery bypass? A meta-analysis of randomized trials
DC Cheng et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2005)
Prediction of the excessive perioperative bleeding in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: Role of aspirin and platelet glycoprotein IIIa polymorphism
W Morawski et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2005)
Parasternal block and local anesthetic infiltration with levobupivacaine after cardiac surgery with desflurane: The effect on postoperative pain, pulmonary function, and tracheal extubation times
SB McDonald et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2005)
Anesthetic management and one-year mortality after noncardiac surgery
TG Monk et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2005)
Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting: Analysis of early and late outcomes
M Di Mauro et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Implementation of a cardiac surgery report card: lessons from the Massachusetts experience
DM Shahian et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2005)
Impact of coronary artery stents on mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction: Meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing a strategy of routine stenting with that of balloon angioplasty
J Al Suwaidi et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2004)
Off-pump vs conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and 1-year graft patency, cost, and quality-of-life outcomes a randomized trial
JD Puskas et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2004)
Intensive versus moderate lipid lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes
CP Cannon et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2004)
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guideline Series: Transmyocardial laser revascularization
CR Bridges et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Do well-publicized risk-adjusted outcomes reports affect hospital volume?
PS Romano et al.
MEDICAL CARE (2004)
Surgical site infections in cardiac surgery: An 11-year perspective
C Martorell et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL (2004)
Percutaneous coronary angioplasty compared with exercise training in patients with stable coronary artery disease -: A randomized trial
R Hambrecht et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Mechanisms of cardioprotection by volatile anesthetics
K Tanaka et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2004)
Impact of pexelizumab, an anti-C5 complement antibody, on total mortality and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
SK Shernan et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Coronary bypass surgery performed off pump does not result in lower in-hospital morbidity than coronary artery bypass grafting performed on pump
JF Légaré et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Off-pump myocardial revascularization is associated with less incidence of stroke in elderly patients
T Athanasiou et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Comparison of structured use of routine laboratory tests or near-patient assessment with clinical judgement in the management of bleeding after cardiac surgery
MS Avidan et al.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA (2004)
Comparison of conservative and aggressive smoking cessation treatment strategies following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
DE Hilleman et al.
CHEST (2004)
Predictors of cognitive decline following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
PM Ho et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Risk factors for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
CS Abboud et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Procedural volume as a marker of quality for CABG surgery
ED Peterson et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2004)
Are men treated better than women? Outcome of male versus female patients after CABG using bilateral internal thoracic arteries
B Gansera et al.
THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON (2004)
Should coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients with mild or moderate aortic stenosis undergo concomitant aortic valve replacement? A decision analysis approach to the surgical dilemma
WT Smith et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2004)
On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in a matched sample of women - A comparison of outcomes
MJ Mack et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Statins are associated with a reduced incidence of perioperative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
W Pan et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Antithrombotic therapy in patients with saphenous vein and internal mammary artery bypass grafts
PD Stein et al.
CHEST (2004)
Gender and mortality risk on the waiting list for coronary artery bypass grafting
H Rexius et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Benefits and risks of the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin in patients undergoing surgical Revascularization for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome - The Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to prevent Recurrent Ischemic Events (CURE) trial
KAA Fox et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on the in-hospital mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery limited to patients at high risk?
CT Wu et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Comparison of quality of life after repeat versus initial coronary artery bypass grafting
DM Safley et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2004)
Cardioprotective properties of sevoflurane in patients undergoing coronary surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass are related to the modalities of its administration
SG De Hert et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2004)
Perioperative outcome and long-term survival of surgery for acute post-infarction mitral regurgitation
P Chevalier et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Effect of leukocyte depletion on endothelial cell activation and trans endothelial migration of leukocytes during cardiopulmonary bypass
YF Chen et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
In-hospital mortality associated with the use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation
PM Urban et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2004)
Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines
SM Grundy et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Factors associated with presence of ascending aortic atherosclerosis in CABG patients
T Schachner et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Intraoperative ischemia and long-term events after minimally invasive coronary surgery
M Zimarino et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
The effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting on survival during 20 postoperative years
BW Lytle et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Retroinfusion-supported stenting in high-risk patients for percutaneous intervention and bypass surgery: Results of the Prospective Randomized Myoprotect I Study
T Pohl et al.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (2004)
Effects of peripperative central neuraxial analgesia on outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery
SS Liu et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2004)
Comparison of late (four years) functional health status between percutaneous transluminal angioplasty intervention and off-pump left internal mammary artery bypass grafting for isolated high-grade narrowing of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery
DJ Drenth et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2004)
Hospital coronary artery bypass graft surgery volume and patient mortality, 1998-2000
SS Rathore et al.
ANNALS OF SURGERY (2004)
A randomized comparison of radial-artery and saphenous-vein coronary bypass grafts
ND Desai et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2004)
Mandatory versus selective preoperative carotid screening: A retrospective analysis
DJ Durand et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Impact of clopidogrel in coronary artery bypass grafting
L Englberger et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Choice of primary anesthetic regimen can influence intensive care unit length of stay after coronary surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
SG De Hert et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2004)
Long-term cardiac survival after reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting
L Noyez et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery delirium: Effect of beating-heart (off-pump) surgery
J Bucerius et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2004)
Double-blind, randomized controlled trial on the effect of leukocyte-depleted erythrocyte transfusions in cardiac valve surgery
YM Bilgin et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
New-onset sustained ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation early after cardiac operations
JA Yeung-Lai-Wah et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Cardiac surgery risk models: A position article
DM Shahian et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Reduced strokes in the elderly: The benefits of untouched aorta off-pump coronary surgery
O Lev-Ran et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery
FE Qaddoura et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
A randomized comparison of off-pump and on-pump multivessel coronary-artery bypass surgery
NE Khan et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2004)
Improving outcomes in coronary surgery: The impact of echo-directed aortic cannulation and perioperative hemodynamic management in 500 patients
JP Gold et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Coronary artery bypass grafting within 30 days after treatment of acute myocardial infarctions with angioplasty or fibrinolysis -: a surgical substudy of DANAMI-2
HK Kjaergard et al.
SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL (2004)
Risk factors for postoperative mediastinitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
ESD Ashley et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2004)
Does clopidogrel increase blood loss following coronary artery bypass surgery?
MWA Chu et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospital settings - An American Heart Association Scientific Statement from the councils on cardiovascular nursing, clinical cardiology, and cardiovascular disease in the young
BJ Drew et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Late thrombosis in drug-eluting coronary stents after discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy
EP McFadden et al.
LANCET (2004)
Survival after coronary revascularization among patients with kidney disease
BR Hemmelgarn et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Medical costs and quality of life 10 to 12 years after randomization to angioplasty or bypass surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease
MA Hlatky et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Bispectral index monitoring to prevent awareness during anaesthesia: the B-Aware randomised controlled trial
PS Myles et al.
LANCET (2004)
Transesophageal echocardiography for monitoring segmental wall motion during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
JW Wang et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2004)
The medicine, angioplasty, or surgery study (MASS-II):: A randomized, controlled clinical trial of three therapeutic strategies for multivessel coronary artery disease one-year results
W Hueb et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2004)
Propensity analysis of long-term survival after surgical or percutaneous revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and high-risk features
SJ Brener et al.
CIRCULATION (2004)
Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
RS Taylor et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2004)
Glycopeptides are no more effective than β-lactam agents for prevention of surgical site infection after cardiac surgery:: A meta-analysis
MK Bolon et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2004)
Fenoldopam prophylaxis of postoperative acute renal failure in high-risk cardiac surgery patients
M Ranucci et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2004)
Single versus bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts with concomitant saphenous vein grafts for multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting:: Effects on mortality and event-free survival
LM Stevens et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2004)
Incremental value of myocardial viability for prediction of long-term prognosis in surgically revascularized patients with left ventricular dysfunction
S Sawada et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2003)
Randomized comparison between stenting and off-pump bypass surgery in patients referred for angioplasty
F Eefting et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
Indirect comparison meta-analysis of aspirin therapy after coronary surgery
E Lim et al.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2003)
Reversible cardiac sympathectomy by high thoracic epidural anesthesia improves regional left ventricular function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting -: A randomized trial
E Berendes et al.
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY (2003)
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States
JD Birkmeyer et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2003)
From controlled trials to clinical practice: Monitoring transmyocardial revascularization use and outcomes
ED Peterson et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2003)
The use of fixed- and random-effects models for classifying hospitals as mortality outliers: A Monte Carlo assessment
PC Austin et al.
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING (2003)
Current smoking, smoking cessation, and the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease
I Goldenberg et al.
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2003)
The elderly: Health status benefits and recovery of function one year after coronary artery bypass surgery
DG Conaway et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2003)
Prevalence of risk factors, and not gender per se, determines short- and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass surgery
CG Koch et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2003)
Provider profiling and quality improvement efforts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery - The effect on short-term mortality among medicare beneficiaries
EL Hannan et al.
MEDICAL CARE (2003)
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting reduces mortality and stroke in patients with atheromatous aortas: A case control study
R Sharony et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
Survival after coronary revascularization, with and without mitral valve surgery, in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation
BH Trichon et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography: Summary article - A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE committee to update the 1997 guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography)
MD Cheitlin et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
The association of lowest hematocrit during cardiopulmonary bypass with acute renal injury after coronary artery bypass surgery
M Swaminathan et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Chronic kidney disease, mortality, and treatment strategies among patients with clinically significant coronary artery disease
DN Reddan et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY (2003)
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery technique for total arterial myocardial revascularization: A prospective randomized study
C Muneretto et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Depression as a risk factor for mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery
JA Blumenthal et al.
LANCET (2003)
Do hospitals and surgeons with higher coronary artery bypass graft surgery volumes still have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates?
EL Hannan et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
Fenoldopam for renal protection in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
PP Caimmi et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2003)
Natriuretic peptides and acute renal failure
DL Vesely
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-RENAL PHYSIOLOGY (2003)
Health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease after different treatments for angina in routine clinical practice
W Benzer et al.
HERZ (2003)
Modification of surgical technique for ascending aortic atherosclerosis: Impact on stroke reduction in coronary artery bypass grafting
HB Hangler et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Use of continuous quality improvement to increase use of process measures in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery - A randomized controlled trial
TB Ferguson et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2003)
Recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography
WA Zoghbi et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (2003)
Effect of preoperative aspirin use in off-pump coronary artery bypass operations
AK Srinivasan et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
The aging human myocardium:: Tolerance to ischema and responsiveness to ischemic preconditioning
M Loubani et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Effects of preoperative enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin on bleeding indices in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
EH Kincaid et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Effect of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass in non-elective coronary artery bypass surgery: a propensity score analysis
S Karthik et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Protection of the human heart with ischemic preconditioning during cardiac surgery:: Role of cardiopulmonary bypass
S Ghosh et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
The role of intra-aortic counterpulsation in high-risk OPCAB surgery: A prospective Randomized study
JT Christenson et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY (2003)
Comparison of the short-term survival benefit associated with revascularization compared with medical therapy in patients with no prior coronary artery disease undergoing stress myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography
R Hachamovitch et al.
CIRCULATION (2003)
Efficacy and safety of the cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors parecoxib and valdecoxib in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
E Ott et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Preconditioning by sevoflurane decreases biochemical markers for myocardial and renal dysfunction in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter study
K Julier et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2003)
Aortic atherosclerosis and postoperative neurological dysfunction in elderly coronary surgical patients
T Goto et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Is more information better? The effects of Report cards on health care providers
D Dranove et al.
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (2003)
Evidence for use of coronary Stents - A hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis
JM Brophy et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2003)
Cognitive changes with coronary artery disease: A prospective study of coronary artery bypass graft patients and nonsurgical controls
OA Selnes et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Recovery of neuromuscular function after cardiac surgery: Pancuronium versus rocuronium
GS Murphy et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2003)
Emergency surgery after unsuccessful coronary angioplasty: A review of 15 years' experience
MS Barakate et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Continuous insulin infusion reduces mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
AP Furnary et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Early revascularization is associated with improved survival in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: a report from the SHOCK Trial Registry
V Dzavik et al.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL (2003)
Diastolic dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting: A frequent finding of clinical significance not influenced by intravenous calcium
DL Ekery et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2003)
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing coronary artery bypass graft with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: One- to eight-year outcomes
SN Hoffman et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2003)
Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting on outcome after nonfatal cardiac arrest outside the hospital
AEB van der Burg et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2003)
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: A prospective randomized comparison of two hundred unselected patients undergoing off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting
JD Puskas et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Ischemic preconditioning does not improve myocardial preservation during off-pump multivessel coronary operation
HJ Penttilä et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Multivariate predictors of blood product use in cardiac surgery
KG Parr et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2003)
Videofluoroscopy of swallowing abnormalities in 22 symptomatic patients after cardiovascular surgery.
BL Partik et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY (2003)
Review of the clinical practice literature on patient characteristics associated with perioperative allogeneic red blood cell transfusion
MP Khanna et al.
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE REVIEWS (2003)
The volume-outcome relationship: From Luft to leapfrog
DM Shahian et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Neutrophil CD11b upregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with postoperative renal injury
CS Rinder et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Diltiazem may preserve renal tubular integrity after cardiac surgery
SN Piper et al.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE (2003)
Use of risk-adjusted CUSUM and RSPRT charts for monitoring in medical contexts
OA Grigg et al.
STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH (2003)
Stroke after cardiac surgery: A risk factor analysis of 16,184 consecutive adult patients
J Bucerius et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Risk-adjusted sequential probability ratio tests: applications to Bristol, Shipman and adult cardiac surgery
D Spiegelhalter et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE (2003)
Vacuum-assisted closure as a treatment modality for infections after cardiac surgery
H Luckraz et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of prophylactic metoprolol for reduction of hospital length of stay after heart surgery:: The β-blocker length of stay (BLOS) study
SJ Connolly et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2003)
A comparison of on-pump and off-pump coronary bypass surgery in low-risk patients
HM Nathoe et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2003)
Effect of preoperative beta-blockade on perioperative mortality in coronary surgery
PWC ten Broecke et al.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA (2003)
Preoperative use of enoxaparin is not a risk factor for postoperative bleeding after coronary artery bypass surgery
B Medalion et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2003)
Does competitive flow reduce internal thoracic artery graft patency?
JF Sabik et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2003)
Cognitive change 5 years after coronary artery bypass surgery
J Stygall et al.
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY (2003)
Effects of smoking on pulmonary functions and arterial blood gases following coronary artery surgery in Turkish patients
U Arabaci et al.
JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL (2003)
Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Final Report
SM Grundy et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
Ischemic preconditioning suppresses ventricular tachyarrhythmias after myocardial revascularization
ZK Wu et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
Outcomes of repeat revascularization in diabetic patients with prior coronary surgery
JH Cole et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
A prospective randomized trial comparing stenting with off-pump coronary surgery for high-grade stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery: Three-year follow-up
DJ Drenth et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
The association between heart rate and in-hospital mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
MP Fillinger et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2002)
Vacuum-assisted suction drainage versus conventional treatment in the management of poststernotomy osteomyelitis
M Doss et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Depression and cardiac morbidity 5 years after coronary artery bypass surgery
L Borowicz et al.
PSYCHOSOMATICS (2002)
Routine immediate extubation for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting without thoracic epidural analgesia
Z Straka et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
The vacuum-assisted closure system for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
TM Fleck et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Aspirin and mortality from coronary bypass surgery
DT Mangano et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2002)
Comparative survival of dialysis patients in the United States after coronary angioplasty, coronary artery stenting, and coronary artery bypass surgery and impact of diabetes
CA Herzog et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
ACC/AHA guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction-2002: Summary article - A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina)
E Braunwald et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: Summary article - A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines)
RJ Gibbons et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
Cost, outcome, and functional status in octogenarians and septuagenarians after cardiac surgery
M Engoren et al.
CHEST (2002)
Trends in intraaortic balloon counterpulsation complications and outcomes in cardiac surgery
JT Christenson et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Is volume related to outcome in health care? A systematic review and methodologic critique of the literature
EA Halm et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2002)
Interventional versus conservative treatment for patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the British Heart Foundation RITA 3 randomised trial
KAA Fox et al.
LANCET (2002)
Comparison of stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery for stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery
A Diegeler et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2002)
ACC/AHA/NHLBI clinical advisory on the use and safety of statins
RC Pasternak et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
Prognostic significance of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia identified postoperatively after coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction
LA Pires et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (2002)
The effect of clopidogrel in combination with aspirin when given before coronary artery bypass grafting
RH Hongo et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women - Principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial
JE Rossouw et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2002)
Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (A 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank)
CM O'Connor et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial
R Collins et al.
LANCET (2002)
Clinical, microbiological, and economic benefit of a change in antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac surgery
D Spelman et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2002)
The risk factors for deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery are different
MA Olsen et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2002)
Sevoflurane but not propofol preserves myocardial function in coronary surgery patients
SG De Hert et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2002)
Achieving and sustaining improved quality: Lessons from New York State and cardiac surgery
MR Chassin
HEALTH AFFAIRS (2002)
One-year outcome after combined coronary artery bypass grafting and transmyocardial laser revascularization for refractory angina pectoris
SC Stamou et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction in middle-aged patients
T Johnson et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2002)
Aspirin and postoperative bleeding after coronary artery bypass grafting
VA Ferraris et al.
ANNALS OF SURGERY (2002)
American Society of Echocardiography and Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force Guidelines for training in perioperative echocardiography
MK Cahalan et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (2002)
Continued symptomatic improvement three to five years after transmyocardial revascularization with CO2 laser -: A late clinical follow-up of the Norwegian randomized trial with transmyocardial revascularization
L Aaberge et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2002)
Outcomes of patients with chronic renal insufficiency in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation
LA Szczech et al.
CIRCULATION (2002)
Disruption and infection of median sternotomy: a comprehensive review
JE Losanoff et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Results of surgery for irreversible moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation secondary to myocardial infarction
R Tavakoli et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Safe, highly selective use of pulmonary artery catheters in coronary artery bypass grafting: An objective patient selection method
TA Schwann et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
The use of and preferences for the transesophageal echocardiogram and pulmonary artery catheter among cardiovascular anesthesiologists
MF Jacka et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2002)
Preoperative β-blocker use and mortality and morbidity following CABG surgery in North America
TB Ferguson et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2002)
Effect of surgical revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease and ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Registry
JR Cook et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2002)
Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States.
JD Birkmeyer et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2002)
Early and midterm outcome after off-pump and on-pump surgery in Beating Heart Against Cardioplegic Arrest Studies (BHACAS 1 and 2): a pooled analysis of two randomised controlled trials
GD Angelini et al.
LANCET (2002)
Carotid artery disease and stroke during coronary artery bypass: a critical review of the literature
AR Naylor et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY (2002)
Segmental wall motion abnormalities during telerobotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting
S Mierdl et al.
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA (2002)
Standard versus fiberoptic pulmonary artery catheterization for cardiac surgery in the Department of Veterans Affairs - A prospective, observational, multicenter analysis
MJ London et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2002)
Regional ischemic preconditioning enhances myocardial performance in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Laurikka et al.
CHEST (2002)
Changing profile of patients undergoing redo-coronary artery surgery
FM van Eck et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
Vancomycin versus cefazolin prophylaxis for cardiac surgery in the setting of a high prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections
R Finkelstein et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2002)
The influence of hospital and surgeon volume on in-hospital mortality for colectomy, gastrectomy, and lung lobectomy in patients with cancer
EL Hannan et al.
SURGERY (2002)
Effect of target stenosis and location on radial artery graft patency
HS Maniar et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2002)
Benefits, morbidity, and mortality associated with long-term administration of oral anticoagulant therapy to patients with peripheral arterial bypass procedures: A prospective randomized study
WC Johnson et al.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY (2002)
Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery
SB Chelemer et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2002)
The effects of platelet inhibitors on blood use in cardiac surgery
LY Lee et al.
PERFUSION-UK (2002)
Effect of clopidogrel on bleeding after coronary artery bypass surgery
S Yende et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2001)
Perioperative use of tirofiban hydrochloride (Aggrastat) does not increase surgical bleeding after emergency or urgent coronary artery bypass grafting
F Bizzarri et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2001)
Cardiac surgery report cards: Comprehensive review and statistical critique
DM Shahian et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Superficial and deep sternal wound complications:: incidence, risk factors and mortality
L Ridderstolpe et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Prospective comparison of hemorrhagic complications after treatment with enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin for unstable angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
SD Berkowitz et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
The role of hospital volume in coronary artery bypass grafting: Is more always better?
BK Nallamothu et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Coronary revascularization with or without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with preoperative nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency
R Ascione et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Is repair preferable to replacement for ischemic mitral regurgitation?
AM Gillinov et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2001)
Relation between depression after coronary artery bypass surgery and 12-month outcome: a prospective study
I Connerney et al.
LANCET (2001)
Drug therapy - Fenoldopam - A selective peripheral dopamine-receptor agonist for the treatment of severe hypertension
MB Murphy et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2001)
Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients.
G Van den Berghe et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2001)
Survival following coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery in anatomic subsets in which coronary artery bypass surgery improves survival compared with medical therapy - Results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)
PB Berger et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Predictors of radial artery patency for coronary bypass operations
SV Moran et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
High-grade carotid stenosis detected before general surgery: Is endarterectomy indicated?
BA Evans et al.
NEUROLOGY (2001)
Preoperative administration of steroids:: Influence on adhesion molecules and cytokines after cardiopulmonary bypass
UP Schurr et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Outcome of women is impaired in patients undergoing emergency coronary artery bypass grafting for failed PTCA
H Reinecke et al.
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KARDIOLOGIE (2001)
A multivariable model for predicting the need for blood transfusion in patients undergoing first-time elective coronary bypass graft surgery
K Karkouti et al.
TRANSFUSION (2001)
A decade's experience with quality improvement in cardiac surgery using the Veterans Affairs and Society of Thoracic Surgeons national databases
FL Grover et al.
ANNALS OF SURGERY (2001)
Volume standards for high-risk surgical procedures: Potential benefits of the Leapfrog initiative
JD Birkmeyer et al.
SURGERY (2001)
Effective surgical management of high-risk coronary patients using preoperative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation therapy
JT Christenson et al.
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2001)
Postoperative stroke in cardiac surgery is related to the location and extent of atherosclerotic disease in the ascending aorta
J van der Linden et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Differential survival after coronary revascularization procedures among patients with renal insufficiency
LA Szczech et al.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL (2001)
Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery for patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia and risk factors for adverse outcomes with bypass: A multicenter, randomized trial
DA Morrison et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Magnetic resonance imaging findings and postoperative neurologic dysfunction in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
T Goto et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Long-term survival in 11,661 patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in the era of stenting: A report from the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators
V Dzavik et al.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL (2001)
Cerebral injury during cardiopulmonary bypass: Emboli impair memory
SJ Fearn et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2001)
Efficacy of a simple intraoperative transfusion algorithm for nonerythrocyte component utilization after cardiopulmonary bypass
GA Nuttall et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2001)
Transfusion of blood components and postoperative infection in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
SM Leal-Noval et al.
CHEST (2001)
Diltiazem treatment does not alter renal function after thoracic surgery
D Amar et al.
CHEST (2001)
Comparison of coronary-artery bypass surgery and stenting for the treatment of multivessel disease.
PW Serruys et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2001)
Reduced haemostatic factor transfusion using heparinase-modified thrombelastography during cardiopulmonary bypass
D Royston et al.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA (2001)
Optimal timing of revascularization: Transmural versus nontransmural acute myocardial infarction
DC Lee et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Survival of patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease after surgical or percutaneous coronary revascularization: Results of a large regional prospective study
NW Niles et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Effects of quinapril on clinical outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (The QUO VADIS study)
M Oosterga et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Lowest hematocrit on bypass and adverse outcomes associated with coronary artery bypass grafting
GR DeFoe et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Longitudinal assessment of neurocognitive function after coronary-artery bypass surgery
MF Newman et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2001)
A comparison of neuropsychologic deficits after extracardiac and intracardiac surgery
MJ Andrew et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2001)
Major coronary artery anomalies in a pediatric population: Incidence and clinical importance
JA Davis et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Complete revascularization in coronary artery bypass grafting with and without cardiopulmonary bypass
M Czerny et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2001)
Argentine randomized study: Coronary angioplasty with stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple-vessel disease (ERACI II): 30-day and one-year follow-up results
A Rodriguez et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2001)
Comparative efficacy of teicoplanin and cefazolin for cardiac operation prophylaxis in 3027 patients
R Saginur et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2000)
Effect of preoperative aspirin use on mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting patients
LJ Dacey et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Effect of preoperative statin therapy and cardiac outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting
MI Dotani et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Selection of a cardiac surgery provider in the managed care era
DM Shahian et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2000)
A prospective randomized trial comparing stenting to internal mammary artery grafting for proximal, isolated de novo left anterior coronary artery stenosis: The SIMA trial
JJ Goy et al.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS (2000)
Prophylactic nitroglycerin did not reduce myocardial ischemia during accelerated recovery management of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients
DA Zvara et al.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA (2000)
Immediate coronary artery bypass surgery after platelet inhibition with eptifibatide: Results from PURSUIT
CM Dyke et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
The influence of gender on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery
D Abramov et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Abciximab and bleeding during coronary surgery: Results from the EPILOG and EPISTENT trials
AM Lincoff et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus medical treatment for non-acute coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
HC Bucher et al.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2000)
Therapeutic angiogenesis - Potential role of basic fibroblast growth factor in patients with severe ischaemic heart disease
M Simons et al.
BIODRUGS (2000)
Role of cardiac surgery in the hospital phase management of patients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
GW Stone et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Predicting acute renal failure after coronary bypass surgery: Cross-validation of two risk-stratification algorithms
EB Fortescue et al.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL (2000)
Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery after failed percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
JJ Andreasen et al.
SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL (2000)
Port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery increases surgical complexity, increases operating room time, and facilitates early postoperative hospital discharge
MA Chaney et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2000)
Pulmonary artery catheterization and clinical outcomes - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Food and Drug Administration workshop report
GR Bernard et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2000)
The relationship between managed care insurance and use of lower-mortality hospitals for CABG surgery
LC Erickson et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2000)
Are β-blockers effective in elderly patients who undergo coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction?
J Chen et al.
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2000)
Acute renal failure following cardiopulmonary bypass: a changing picture
ME Ostermann et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2000)
Quality of life after coronary angioplasty or continued medical treatment for angina: Three-year follow-up in the RITA-2 trial
SJ Pocock et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
The angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition post revascularization study (APRES)
L Kjoller-Hansen et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Clinical profile of congenital coronary artery anomalies with origin from the wrong aortic sinus leading to sudden death in young competitive athletes
C Basso et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Should we regionalize major surgery? Potential benefits and policy considerations
JD Birkmeyer
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (2000)
Eight-year mortality in the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST)
SB King et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
The STS National Database: Current changes and challenges for the new millennium
TB Ferguson et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients age ≥80 years:: Results from the National Cardiovascular Network
KP Alexander et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with coronary artery bypass grafting: A multicenter, blinded, prospective, randomized, controlled trial
KB Allen et al.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY (2000)
Selective referral to high-volume hospitals - Estimating potentially avoidable deaths
RA Dudley et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2000)
Transmyocardial revascularization with CO2 laser in patients with refractory angina pectoris -: Clinical results from the Norwegian randomized trial
L Aaberge et al.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (2000)
Mannitol, furosemide, and dopamine infusion in postoperative renal failure complicating cardiac surgery
S Sirivella et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Risk of dysphagia after transesophageal echocardiography during cardiac operations
JA Rousou et al.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY (2000)
Postoperative radial artery angiography for coronary artery bypass surgery
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