Detection of gender differences in incomplete revascularization after coronary artery bypass surgery varies with classification technique.

Background: Incomplete revascularization negatively affects survival after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Since gender and classification technique might impact outcome and reporting, we investigated their effect on revascularization patterns and mortality.

Methods: A cohort of bypass patients (N = 1545, 23% women) was enrolled prospectively.

Heart valve operations in solid organ recipients: an 18-year single-center experience.

Background: We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of heart valve operations in solid organ recipients, who were referred for operation to our institution.

Methods: Over an 18-year period, 23 heart (group 1) and 16 renal (group 2) transplant recipients in New York Heart Association (NYHA) classes III and IV underwent valve operation. The mean interval from the time of transplantation to cardiac surgery was 77.

Myocardial rewarming mirrors intraoperative mammary artery graft function.

Background: The internal mammary artery (IMA) bypass graft provides a satisfactorily long-lasting blood supply to the myocardium. However, its initial flow capacity can be insufficient with subsequent regional myocardial ischemia. We evaluated a method to assess the IMA graft function intraoperatively.