1998
Should Angiographically Disease-Free Saphenous Vein Grafts Be Replaced at the Time of Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?
Mehta I, Weinberg J, Jones M, Tellides G, Kopf G, Shaw R, Zaret B, Elefteriades J. Should Angiographically Disease-Free Saphenous Vein Grafts Be Replaced at the Time of Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1998, 65: 17-23. PMID: 9456088, DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)01192-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsVein graftsRedo CABGDisease-free graftsNR groupRedo Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingR groupCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingRedo coronary artery bypassGood late survivalArtery Bypass GraftingCoronary artery bypassLate myocardial infarctionFirst CABGRecurrent anginaRedo revascularizationArtery bypassBypass GraftingOperative mortalitySurgical mortalityAngiographic evaluationCardiac hospitalizationConsecutive patientsNew stenosisRandomized study
1992
Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias An 8-year Experience
GEHA A, ELEFTERIADES J, HSU J, BIBLO L, HOCH D, BATSFORD W, ROSENFELD L, CARLSON M, JOHNSON N, WALDO A. Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias An 8-year Experience. Annals Of Surgery 1992, 216: 309-317. PMID: 1417180, PMCID: PMC1242614, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199209000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorSubendocardial resectionVentricular tachycardiaSurgical treatmentLV aneurysmSudden deathThirty-day mortality rateSevere LV dysfunctionCongestive heart failureRecurrent ventricular tachycardiaSignificant myocardial ischemiaLong-term survivorsMalignant ventricular arrhythmiasMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasCent of survivorsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorLong-term survivalActuarial survivalAntiarrhythmic medicationsLate deathsComparable patientsLV dysfunctionConsecutive patientsHeart failureVentricular arrhythmias