title: Coronary artery bypass surgery with on-pump beating-heart technique.
abstract: To evaluate the results of on-pump beating-heart coronary bypass grafting, a retrospective study was carried out on 106 patients who had this procedure between 2003 and 2006. There were 87 (82%) men and 19 (18%) women, with a mean age of 60.53 +/- 11.97 years. Five (5%) patients had unstable angina, 10 (9%) had a recent myocardial infarction, and 16 (15%) had congestive heart failure. The mean ejection fraction was 40.38% +/- 11.46%. The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 66.81 +/- 31.14 min. The median number of grafts per patient was 3. The median intensive care unit stay was 47 hours, and hospital stay was 7 days. There were 4 (3.8%) deaths. The mean Parsonnet score was 12.75 +/- 11.27 and the logistic EuroSCORE was 7.06 +/- 8.62. This study shows that the on-pump beating-heart technique is a safe and convenient method for coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: King Fahad Cardiac Center, PO Box 7805, Dept. #37, Riyadh-11472, Saudi Arabia. dr.mfouda@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fouda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016896:Treatment Outcome