The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York
Amabile A, Mori M, Brooks C, Weininger G, Shang M, Fereydooni S, Komlo CM, Mullan CW, Hameed I, Geirsson A. The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4582-4590. PMID: 34617327, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesRisk-adjusted mortality ratesDuty hour regulationsTeaching hospitalBetter short-term outcomesWorse short-term outcomesCoronary artery bypassDuty hour policiesOverall surgical volumeArtery bypassCABG surgeryValve surgeryCABG proceduresCardiac surgeryValve proceduresSurgical volumeFirst-year residentsHospital typeMortality rateSurgeryCABGCall dutiesReporting System dataGraduate Medical EducationOutcomesRobotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: History, Current Technique, and Future Perspectives
Guran E, Amabile A, Torregrossa G. Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: History, Current Technique, and Future Perspectives. 2021 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.99399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingArtery Bypass GraftingBypass GraftingCABG proceduresInvasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingCoronary Artery Bypass Grafting SurgeryDirect Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingAdult cardiac surgery proceduresEndoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass GraftingInvasive CABG proceduresCardiac surgery proceduresLength of stayPostoperative complicationsPostoperative qualityInvasive techniquesSurgery proceduresRobotic-AssistedCurrent knowledgeAdvanced proceduresFuture perspectivesGraftingPainComplicationsPatientsSurgeryTransit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration
Leviner DB, von Mücke Similon M, Rosati CM, Amabile A, Thuijs DJFM, Giammarco GD, Wendt D, Trachiotis GD, Kieser TM, Kappetein AP, Head SJ, Taggart DP, Puskas JD. Transit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration. Journal Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2021, 16: 195. PMID: 34243799, PMCID: PMC8268198, DOI: 10.1186/s13019-021-01575-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransit-time flow measurementProtamine administrationTTFM parametersSingle graftAdministration of protamineCoronary bypass graftsSpecific clinical situationsGraft quality assessmentCoronary surgeryCABG proceduresBypass graftGraft assessmentVenous conduitsMethodsThe databaseIntraoperative changesGraft performanceClinical situationsGraftMixed graftAdministrationGraft analysisCoupling indexMAP rangeSmall increaseFlow measurements