Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ilkun Park, Kuk Bin Choi, Joong Hyun Ahn, Wook Sung Kim, Young Tak Lee, Dong Seop Jeong
Summary: For patients undergoing CABG, DM may have no impact on cardiac death, MI, or revascularization rates, but can reduce the risk of graft failure for BITA grafts. For DM patients, strict control of preoperative hyperglycemia can reduce the occurrence of postoperative wound infection and facilitate the use of BITA in CABG.
CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Muhammad Abu Tailakh, Shlomo-yaron Ishay, Jenan Awesat, Liat Poupko, Gidon Sahar, Victor Novack
Summary: The study found that diabetes patients with HbA1c levels above 7% before coronary artery bypass grafting are at higher risk for long-term mortality, especially late mortality; while patients with HbA1c levels below 7% have a relatively lower mortality rate.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Valentino Bianco, Arman Kilic, Thomas G. Gleason, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Andreas Habertheuer, Rishab Humar, Yisi Wang, Forozan Navid, Ibrahim Sultan
Summary: Propensity-matched outcomes showed no significant difference in postoperative mortality or readmission for reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) up to 1 year, but higher 5-year mortality for reoperative patients was observed. Cox regression analysis did not identify reoperative CABG as a risk factor for long-term mortality.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Salil Deo, Varun Sundaram, Muhammad Adil Sheikh, Jayakumar Sahadevan, Padmini Selvaganesan, Sri Krishna Madan Mohan, Joseph Rubelowsky, Yakov Elgudin, Richard Josephson, Piroze M. Davierwala, Brian Cmolik
Summary: The study analyzed the association between pre-operative glycated haemoglobin levels and long-term outcomes in diabetic patients undergoing isolated CABG. The results showed that pre-operative HbA1c >8% was associated with increased mortality and adverse cardiac events.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alexander C. Razavi, Nathan Wong, Matthew Budoff, Lydia A. Bazzano, Tanika N. Kelly, Jiang He, Camilo Fernandez, Joao Lima, Joseph F. Polak, Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, Chris defilippi, Moyses Szklo, Alain G. Bertoni, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michael J. Blaha, Seamus P. Whelton
Summary: This study aimed to identify predictors of healthy arterial aging in individuals with MetS or T2D, and found that an optimal overall cardiovascular profile, including traditional and novel risk factors, and a low MetS severity score were more important in maintaining healthy arterial aging than the ideal value of any individual risk factor. More than 40% of adults with MetS or T2D and baseline CAC=0 had long-term absence of CAC, which was strongly associated with an absence of extracoronary atherosclerosis and a low MetS score.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sebastian Volz, Bjorn Redfors, Oskar Angeras, Dan Ioanes, Jacob Odenstedt, Sasha Koul, Inger Valeljung, Christian Dworeck, Robin Hofmann, Emma Hansson, Dimitrios Venetsanos, Anders Ulvenstam, Tomas Jernberg, Truls Ramunddal, Petur Petursson, Ole Frobert, David Erlinge, Anders Jeppsson, Elmir Omerovic
Summary: In patients with heart failure due to ischaemic heart disease, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was associated with greater long-term survival compared to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The risk of death was lower after CABG, and increased linearly with quintiles of hospitals where PCI was the preferred revascularization method.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ko Yamamoto, Yukiko Matsumura-Nakano, Hiroki Shiomi, Masahiro Natsuaki, Takeshi Morimoto, Kazushige Kadota, Tomohisa Tada, Yasuaki Takeji, Yusuke Yoshikawa, Kazuaki Imada, Takenori Domei, Kazuhisa Kaneda, Ryoji Taniguchi, Natsuhiko Ehara, Ryuzo Nawada, Kyohei Yamaji, Eri Kato, Mamoru Toyofuku, Naoki Kanemitsu, Eiji Shinoda, Satoru Suwa, Atsushi Iwakura, Toshihiro Tamura, Yoshiharu Soga, Tsukasa Inada, Mitsuo Matsuda, Tadaaki Koyama, Takeshi Aoyama, Yukihito Sato, Yutaka Furukawa, Kenji Ando, Fumio Yamazaki, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Kenji Minatoya, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Takeshi Kimura
Summary: This study found a significant interaction between heart failure and the mortality risk of PCI relative to CABG, with higher mortality risk in patients with heart failure and neutral risk in patients without heart failure.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong Ho Jang, Ki Hong Choi, Young Bin Song, Dong Seop Jeong, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Wook Sung Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Young Tak Lee
Summary: The association between statin intensity and long-term clinical outcomes after CABG based on initial clinical presentation is significant.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alistair G. Royse, Rinaldo Bellomo, Colin F. Royse, Sandy Clarke-Errey, Stuart Boggett, Thomas Kelly, Hugh S. Paterson
Summary: Two different surgical methods for total arterial coronary revascularization of three coronary territory disease showed no significant difference in survival rates among younger patients.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Emily Shih, John J. Squiers, Jasjit K. Banwait, Michael J. Mack, Mario Gaudino, William H. Ryan, J. Michael DiMaio, Justin M. Schaffer
Summary: This retrospective observational study investigated the association between surgeon's vein graft utilization and long-term survival in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing single arterial graft coronary artery bypass grafting (SAG-CABG). The study found no significant difference in long-term survival between patients operated on by surgeons who were conservative or liberal in their vein graft utilization, suggesting a conservative approach to vein graft utilization is reasonable.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Tomasz Kamil Urbanowicz, Michal Michalak, Aleksandra Gasecka, Anna Olasinska-Wisniewska, Bartlomiej Perek, Michal Rodzki, Michal Bocianski, Marek Jemielity
Summary: This study developed and validated a simplified risk score for predicting mortality following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) based on easily accessible clinical factors. The risk score can be used to assist in obtaining patient consent and determining treatment strategies.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Alexey N. Sumin, Anna Shcheglova, Sergey Ivanov, Olga L. Barbarash
Summary: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of arterial stiffness and multifocal atherosclerosis on the 10-year prognosis of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. The study found that patients with coronary artery disease and pathological CAVI before the surgery were more likely to experience adverse events and death in the long-term follow-up.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Sverre Grover Aukrust, Kristine Bech Holte, Trine B. Opstad, Ingebjorg Seljeflot, Tore Julsrud Berg, Ragnhild Helseth
Summary: In patients with long-term T1DM, the levels of circulating NETs are not consistently associated with the presence of T1DM or the development of CAD. This suggests altered neutrophil function and reduced NETosis in T1DM.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shuab Omer, Ademola Adeseye, Ernesto Jimenez, Lorraine D. Cornwell, Nader N. Massarweh
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), complication rescue, and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting. It was found that decreasing LVEF was associated with increased odds of complications and overall risk of death. Patients who were rescued from complications had worse long-term survival regardless of their left ventricular function.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mats C. H. Lassen, Soren Lindberg, Flemming J. Olsen, Thomas Fritz-Hansen, Sune Pedersen, Allan Iversen, Soren Galatius, Rasmus Mogelvang, Tor Biering-Sorensen
Summary: E/e'sr is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality following CABG, especially in patients with preserved systolic function, and superior to E/e'.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Graham Peigh, Nicholas Cavarocchi, Scott W. Keith, Hitoshi Hirose
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2015)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Karthik Thangappan, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Michael Baram, Brandi Thoma, Hitoshi Hirose
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Bailey E. Sparks, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
(2017)
Letter
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Carlos F. Salinas
CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL
(2014)
Article
Surgery
Timothy I. Carter, Adam S. Bodzin, Hitoshi Hirose, Sharon West, Richard Hasz, Warren R. Maley, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
(2014)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shinya Unai, Gary Cook, Hitoshi Hirose, Nicholas Cavarocchi, John Entwistle
HEART SURGERY FORUM
(2014)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shinya Unai, Gurjyot Bajwa, David L. Fischman, John W. C. Entwistle, Hitoshi Hirose
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY
(2014)
Letter
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Daizo Tanaka, Harrison T. Pitcher, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
(2014)
Article
Surgery
Hitoshi Hirose, Shreya Gupta, Harrison Pitcher, Joseph Miessau, Qiong Yang, Jenny Yang, Nicholas Cavarocchi
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Spencer Liem, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Toru Mihama, Spencer Liem, Nicholas Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Toru Mihama, Nataliya Bahatyrevich, Nicholas Cavarocchi, Hitoshi Hirose
Summary: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) serves as a beneficial temporary therapy option for refractory cardiac or respiratory failure by aiding in the recovery of end-organ function. Among veno-arterial (VA-) ECMO patients, there is a relatively high survival rate, accompanied by significant improvements in end-organ injury markers during ECMO utilization.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Min H. Choi, Nkosi H. Alvarez, Brian M. Till, Yevgeniy Tsypin, Bailey Sparks, Hitoshi Hirose
Summary: The study found that patients on ECMO, especially those with bleeding complications, require higher transfusion rates. Different types of bleeding can significantly increase the need for transfusions during ECMO treatment, which is also associated with the 30-day mortality rate.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cameron Blazoski, Michael Baram, Hitoshi Hirose
Summary: In this study, ECMO was found to be effective in improving refractory ARDS due to COVID-19 in select patients. Proper control of bacterial infections during COVID-19 immunomodulation therapy may be critical to improving survival rates.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cameron M. Blazoski, Michael Baram, Qiong Yang, Hitoshi Hirose
Summary: The study found that COVID-19 patients treated with VV-ECMO in our institution had lower ECMO survival rates compared to influenza patients, possibly due to immunomodulation therapies increasing the risk of other superimposed infections.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY
(2021)