Background— Risk stratification algorithms for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) do
not include a weighting for preoperative mild renal impairment defined as a serum creatinine …

Background— Both glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) and tri-iodothyronine (T3) may improve
cardiovascular performance after coronary artery surgery (CABG) but their effects have not …

Background— Patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for critical aortic stenosis often
have significant left ventricular hypertrophy. Left ventricular hypertrophy has been identified …

2 Methods This study was conducted at a single Cardiothoracic Surgical Centre. We reviewed
data from the computerised cardiac surgical database, which holds clinical information on …

Objective: To assess the impact of deep sternal wound infection on in-hospital mortality and
mid-term survival following adult cardiac surgery. Methods: Prospectively collected data on …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess the role of glucose-insulin-potassium in providing
myocardial protection in nondiabetic patients undergoing coronary artery surgery with …

Objectives: To assess the impact of preoperative renal dysfunction on in-hospital mortality
and late survival outcome following adult cardiac surgery. Methods: Prospectively collected …

OBJECTIVE: The antifibrinolytic drug aprotinin has been the most widely used agent to
reduce bleeding and its complications in cardiac surgery. Several randomized trials and meta-…

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), although barely more than 40 years old, has not only
allowed heart surgery to happen, but to progress rapidly. Research continues to make the …

Surgery is the most effective treatment for the management of patients with renal cell
carcinoma (RCC) and involvement of inferior vena cava (IVC). Data were accrued for 68 …