Early discharge with elevated C-reactive protein levels is safe after endoscopic-assisted coronary bypass grafting: Optimisation of postoperative care.

Objective: This study describes the perioperative kinetics of C-reactive protein in patients undergoing endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting for single target vessel left anterior descending disease, with early postoperative discharge.

Methods: From July 2021 to April 2024, patients were included in this single-centre retrospective study ( = 208), excluding C-reactive protein-modulating complications. Perioperative and 14-day follow-up C-reactive protein levels and clinical signs of infections were analysed.

Sex difference in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: follow-up data of the Netherlands Heart Registration.

Objectives: Controversies exist regarding sex differences in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study assessed sex differences in early and mid-term outcomes after CABG and factors associated with these differences. Outcomes were based on data from the Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR).

Endoscopic-Assisted Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Experience of the First 100 Procedures.

Background: This study presents an overview of our technique and the perioperative outcomes for the first 100 patients who underwent minimally invasive endoscopic-assisted off-pump multivessel bypass grafting (endoscopic coronary artery bypass [endo-CAB]) at the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven.

Methods: The first 100 patients undergoing multivessel endo-CAB from May 2022 to March 2024 were included in this retrospective, single-center, observational study (N=100). The study encompassed both elective and urgent surgical revascularization.

Endoscopic-assisted, minimally invasive versus sternotomy total arterial multivessel bypass grafting.

Objectives: This single-centre study compared the perioperative outcomes after total arterial multivessel revascularization through endoscopic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery compared to a conventional sternotomy approach.

Methods: In this retrospective, propensity score-matched (PSM) cohort study, a total of 740 patients were analysed [endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (Endo-CAB), N = 92; Sternotomy, N = 648]. After PSM (1:2 ratio), 73 Endo-CAB and 137 sternotomy patients were compared with an equal number of distal anastomoses (Endo-CAB 2.

Thoracoscopic-assisted, minimally invasive versus off-pump bypass grafting for single vessel coronary artery disease - A propensity matched analysis.

Objective: This study compared perioperative outcomes after off-pump revascularization through a thoracoscopic-assisted (non-robotic) minimally invasive approach (Endo-CAB) or sternotomy approach (OPCAB) for patients with single vessel left anterior descending (LAD) disease.

Methods: In this retrospective, propensity matched cohort study, 266 consecutive patients were included in the Endo-CAB group (n = 136) and OPCAB group (n = 130). After propensity score matching 116 Endo-CAB and 116 OPCAB patients were compared.