scholarly journals Revascularisation Strategies in OPCAB (Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murali P. Vettath ◽  
Kannan A. Vellachamy ◽  
Nitin Ganagadharan ◽  
Madhu Ravisankar ◽  
Smera Koroth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Off Pump ◽  
Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

Routine Preoperative Insertion of IABP in High-Risk Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunaid A. Vohra ◽  
Norman P. Briffa
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Bypass Grafting ◽  
Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Off Pump ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

The beneficial effects of intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) in coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass have been reported. However, whether preoperative insertion of IABP in high-risk off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) has any beneficial effects remains to be established. We report our experience of preoperative insertion of IABP in OPCAB.

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery May Produce a Hypercoagulable Patient

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Quigley ◽  
David W. Fried ◽  
John Pym ◽  
Richard Y. Highbloom
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Anticoagulation Therapy ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Platelet Activity ◽  
Off Pump ◽  
Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

<P>Background: The incidence of thromboembolic events following traditional open heart surgery has not been clinically significant. However, with beating heart surgery, for which cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is not required, the incidence of spontaneous intravascular thrombosis may be similar to that encountered after general surgeries. Compounding this risk is that many cases of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery are reserved for the elderly patient with multiple comorbidities. The few studies to date that have assessed the coagulation profile in OPCAB patients have been limited to the first 24 hours after surgery. </P><P>Methods: We prospectively studied 17 OPCAB and 6 on-pump patients over 4 days (hospital course) with daily thromboelastography. A coagulation index (CI) (reflecting R and K times, a angle, and maximum amplitude [MA]) was calculated for the patients, who served as their own controls. </P><P>Results: The OPCAB patients demonstrated 3 days postoperatively a 17% increase in coagulation compared with the baseline. Specifically, the CI consistently revealed an elevation in the a angle and the MA, both of which reflect increased fibrinogen and platelet activity. On the other hand, 3 days following surgery the CI of the CPB group was tightly clustered around their respective baseline CI values, which had recovered from a significant decrease immediately after surgery. </P><P>Conclusion: A state of hypercoagulability, as measured by thromboelastography, exists in the OPCAB patient beyond the first postoperative day, and this finding suggests that prophylactic postoperative anticoagulation therapy targeting fibrinogen and platelet activity may be indicated for these patients.</P>

Skeletonized Gastroepiploic Artery for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. E164-E169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruzheng Li ◽  
Atsushi Amano ◽  
Hiroyuki Miyagawa ◽  
Shizuyuki Dohi ◽  
Ichirou Hayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Gastroepiploic Artery ◽  
Bypass Grafting ◽  
Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Off Pump ◽  
Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
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