Background Multiple arterial grafts may result in longer survival than single arterial grafts
after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. We evaluated the use of bilateral …

Objective—Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) surgery is gaining more popularity
worldwide. The aim of this United Kingdom (UK) multi-center study was to assess the early …

Background. Recent studies examining neuroprotective effects of off-pump coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) have shown inconsistent results. We examined our database to …

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has become well established in the past decade. Its
superiority in comparison with conventional surgical aortic valve replacements in high-risk …

Importance Recent evidence has suggested that skeletonization of the internal thoracic
artery (ITA) is associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary …

Objectives: Gastrointestinal (GI) complications following on-pump coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) are rare, but carry a high mortality rate. Prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass …

Balloon-expandable valves exert higher radial forces than self-expanding (SE) transcatheter
heart valves (THVs), 2 but permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) rates are higher after …

COVID-19 is reducing the ability to perform surgical procedures worldwide, giving rise to a
multitude of ethical, practical and medical dilemmas. Adapting to crisis conditions requires a …

Although the use of chest drains is common in medicine, there appear to be wide variations
in practice. A survey was therefore conducted to establish the current status of chest drain …

The MacNew questionnaire is a disease-specific quality of life measure that has been used
in patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure. We aimed to investigate the impact of …