Influence of the internal-mammary-artery graft on 10-year survival and other cardiac events

FD Loop, BW Lytle, DM Cosgrove… - … England Journal of …, 1986 - Mass Medical Soc
We compared patients who received an internal-mammary-artery graft to the anterior descending
coronary artery alone or combined with one or more saphenous-vein grafts (n = 2306) …

Long-term (5 to 12 years) serial studies of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts

BW Lytle, FD Loop, DM Cosgrove, NB Ratliff… - The Journal of thoracic …, 1985 - Elsevier
Serial arteriograms were obtained in 501 patients after coronary bypass grafting. Study I
within 5 years of operation (mean interval 15 months) and Study II more than 5 years after (…

Stratification of morbidity and mortality outcome by preoperative risk factors in coronary artery bypass patients: a clinical severity score

TL Higgins, FG Estafanous, FD Loop, GJ Beck… - Jama, 1992 - jamanetwork.com
Objective. —To relate morbidity and mortality risk to preoperative severity of illness in patients
undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Design. —Retrospective analysis of 5051 …

[HTML][HTML] Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one

BW Lytle, EH Blackstone, FD Loop… - The Journal of thoracic …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: Does the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafts provide incremental
benefit relative to the use of a single ITA graft? Methods: We conducted a retrospective, …

Morbidity and mortality risk associated with red blood cell and blood-component transfusion in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

…, T Mihaljevic, DM Cosgrove, FD Loop… - Critical care …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Our objective was to quantify incremental risk associated with transfusion of
packed red blood cells and other blood components on morbidity after coronary artery bypass …

[HTML][HTML] Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease

…, NG Smedira, JF Sabik, PM McCarthy, FD Loop - The Journal of thoracic …, 1998 - Elsevier
Background:Degenerative mitral valve disease is the most common cause of mitral regurgitation
in the United States. Mitral valve repair is applicable in the majority of these patients …

The effect of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting on survival during 20 postoperative years

…, JF Sabik, P Houghtaling, FD Loop… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To compare survival of patients receiving bilateral internal thoracic artery
grafts and single internal thoracic artery grafts more than 20 postoperative years, assess …

Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care

FD Loop, BW Lytle, DM Cosgrove, S Mahfood… - The Annals of thoracic …, 1990 - Elsevier
… by Dr Loop and associates. … of Loop and associates, our data suggest that the use of an
internal mammary artery graft does increase the risk of serious infection. Our question to Dr Loop

Atheroembolism from the ascending aorta: an emerging problem in cardiac surgery

…, M Boylan, MR Piedmonte, BW Lytle, FD Loop - The Journal of thoracic …, 1992 - Elsevier
As the ages of patients undergoing cardiac operations have increased, noncardiac causes of
death have increased. To identify these causes of death, we analyzed the autopsy findings …

Transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with reduced long-term survival

CG Koch, L Li, AI Duncan, T Mihaljevic, FD Loop… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Perioperative red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion has been associated with
early risk for morbid outcomes, but risk related to long-term survival has not been thoroughly …