2008
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
2007
Simultaneous hybrid coronary revascularization reduces postoperative morbidity compared with results from conventional off-pump coronary artery bypass
Kon Z, Brown E, Tran R, Joshi A, Reicher B, Grant M, Kallam S, Burris N, Connerney I, Zimrin D, Poston R. Simultaneous hybrid coronary revascularization reduces postoperative morbidity compared with results from conventional off-pump coronary artery bypass. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2007, 135: 367-375. PMID: 18242270, PMCID: PMC2962576, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnalysis of VarianceCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery Bypass, Off-PumpCoronary StenosisFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInternal Mammary-Coronary Artery AnastomosisLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPain, PostoperativePilot ProjectsPostoperative ComplicationsProbabilityRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeVascular PatencyConceptsPump coronary artery bypassCoronary artery bypassTarget vessel patencyActivation of coagulationArtery bypassMyocardial injuryHybrid procedureOff-pump coronary artery bypassMultivessel coronary artery diseaseSimultaneous hybrid coronary revascularizationLeft internal thoracic arteryHybrid coronary revascularizationInternal thoracic arteryCoronary artery diseaseIntensive care unitBetter perioperative outcomesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentPromising preliminary findingsOverall total costTranscardiac gradientCoronary revascularizationPerioperative morbidityPerioperative outcomesPostoperative morbidityArtery disease