Background: Intraoperative graft verification in coronary surgery is accepted worldwidand
equally discussed. In spite of multiple sources of evidence published up to now in favor of …

Cardiac surgeons face a significant degree of uncertainty when deciding upon coronary
artery bypass graft configurations for patients with coronary artery disease. This leads to …

Background Intraoperative graft assessment with tools like Transit Time Flow Measurement
(TTFM) is imperative for quality control in coronary surgery. We investigated the variation of …

Las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV) siguen siendo la primera causa de muerte a
nivel mundial (incluyendo Cuba); dentro de estas entidades, la cardiopatía isquémica (CI) …

OBJECTIVES We evaluated graft patency by computed tomography and explored the
determinants of intraoperative mean graft flow (MGF) and its contribution to predict early …

OBJECTIVES It is uncertain whether Thunderbeat has a place in harvesting the left internal
mammary artery (LIMA) and whether skeletonization is superior to pedicle-harvested LIMA …

The evaluation of native coronary arteries in cardiac surgery represents a useful tool to
detect coronary artery stenosis, identify the target artery, and choose the best anastomotic …

Background Intraoperative epicardial ultrasonography of coronary artery bypass graft
anastomoses is a procedure used for anatomical quality assessment of peripheral …

Intraoperative graft assessment should be considered a vital step during surgical myocardial
revascularization that is performed following completion of grafting. It provides the surgeon a …

Introducción La oclusión de los injertos coronarios utilizados durante la cirugía de
revascularización miocárdica es un hecho relativamente frecuente. Se ha descrito que entre …