Warm ischemia provokes inflammation and regional hypercoagulability within the heart during off-pump coronary artery bypass: a possible target for serine protease inhibition
Kon Z, Brown E, Grant M, Ozeki T, Burris N, Collins M, Kwon M, Poston R. Warm ischemia provokes inflammation and regional hypercoagulability within the heart during off-pump coronary artery bypass: a possible target for serine protease inhibition. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2008, 33: 215-221. PMID: 18068996, PMCID: PMC2605708, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.11.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPump coronary artery bypassCoronary artery bypassTranscardiac gradientCoronary occlusionArtery bypassMyocardial ischemiaTNF-alphaCoronary sinus bloodEarly graft failureRegional myocardial ischemiaProthrombotic stateGraft failureProtamine administrationSinus bloodConsecutive patientsIschemic injuryMyocardial injuryIL-8Warm ischemiaPathophysiologic consequencesSeries of biomarkersCoagulation systemOPCABIschemiaInflammation