Publications by authors named "Bart H van Straten"
Article Synopsis
- This study explores treatment options for patients with significant issues in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), where neither coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) nor optimal medical therapy (OMT) has clear superiority due to uncertain long-term benefits.
- Conducting a retrospective analysis of 59 patients treated between 2015 and 2020, researchers measured outcomes across both CABG and OMT groups, focusing on mortality, heart attacks, revascularization, and angina severity over a two-year period.
- The findings show no significant differences in the primary and secondary health outcomes between the CABG and OMT groups after two years, suggesting that both treatment methods may be equally effective for
During coronary artery bypass surgery an intramyocardial or intracavitary left anterior descending coronary artery can be difficult to locate and pose problems of inadvertent entry into the right ventricle. We present a literature review of the management of this injury. We report an additional aid to prevent injury to the left anterior descending coronary artery during closure of the right ventriculotomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: A variety of antithrombotic regimens have been described for the early postoperative period after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR). This study reviews antithrombotic practice for patients undergoing bioprosthetic AVR with or without coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) amongst the centers participating in the ACTION (Anticoagulation Treatment Influence on Postoperative Patients) Registry.
Methods And Results: An antithrombotic therapy questionnaire was answered by the 49 centers participating in the ACTION Registry located in Europe, Middle East, Canada and Asia.
Predictive models for thoracic aorta surgery. Is the Euroscore the optimal risk model in the Netherlands?
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
December 2005
Prediction models do not optimally perform in the case of aorta surgery. We tried to define models that predict intensive care death for patients who underwent thoracic aorta surgery in the Netherlands. Therefore, we used data of 1290 patients who underwent interventions on the thoracic aorta from 1997 to 2002 which were prospectively collected in seven centers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranshiatal resection for carcinoma of the distal esophagus is associated with relative high morbidity and mortality. We present a rare case of cardiac tamponade after transhiatal esophagectomy for which emergency sternotomy was performed. Probably the retraction of the heart during exploration of the mediastinum caused a laceration of an epicardial vein.
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