2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization.

Authors/Task Force Members: Franz-Josef Neumann* (ESC Chairperson) (Germany), Miguel Sousa-Uva* (EACTS Chairperson) (Portugal), Anders Ahlsson (Sweden), Fernando Alfonso (Spain), Adrian P. Banning (UK), Umberto Benedetto (UK), Robert A. Byrne (Germany), Jean-Philippe Collet (France), Volkmar Falk (Germany), Stuart J. Head (The Netherlands), Peter Jüni (Canada), Adnan Kastrati (Germany), Akos Koller (Hungary), Steen D. Kristensen (Denmark), Josef Niebauer (Austria), Dimitrios J. Richter (Greece), Petar M. Seferovi c (Serbia), Dirk Sibbing (Germany), Giulio G. Stefanini (Italy), Stephan Windecker (Switzerland), Rashmi Yadav (UK), Michael O. Zembala (Poland) Document Reviewers: William Wijns (ESC Review Co-ordinator) (Ireland), David Glineur (EACTS Review Co-ordinator) (Canada), Victor Aboyans (France), Stephan Achenbach (Germany), Stefan Agewall (Norway), Felicita Andreotti (Italy), Emanuele Barbato (Italy), Andreas Baumbach (UK), James Brophy (Canada), Héctor Bueno (Spain), Patrick A. Calvert (UK), Davide Capodanno (Italy), Piroze M. Davierwala

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2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).

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Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies

Background Stored red cells undergo progressive structural and functional changes over time. We tested the hypothesis that serious complications and mortality after cardiac surgery are increased when transfused red cells are stored for more than 2 weeks. Methods We examined data from patients given red-cell transfusions during coronary-artery bypass grafting, heart-valve surgery, or both between June 30, 1998, and January 30, 2006. A total of 2872 patients received 8802 units of blood that had been stored for 14 days or less (“newer blood”), and 3130 patients received 10,782 units of blood that had been stored for more than 14 days (“older blood”). Multivariable logistic regression with propensity-score methods was used to examine the effect of the duration of storage on outcomes. Survival was estimated by the Kaplan–Meier method and Blackstone's decomposition method. Results The median duration of storage was 11 days for newer blood and 20 days for older blood. Patients who were given older units had hig...

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa070403

Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery

4. Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research

https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(02)03766-9/pdf

Effect of blood transfusion on long-term survival after cardiac operation.

Effects of body size on operative, intermediate, and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass operation

ObjectiveTo determine the effects of respiratory failure on respiratory rate pattern and tidal volume pattern.DesignProspective, clinical study.SettingCardiovascular intensive care unit.PatientsTen patients within 12 hrs of cardiac surgery, and 21 patients who required prolonged (>7 days) mechanical

Approximate entropy of respiratory rate and tidal volume during weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Cardiac surgery is estimated to cost $27 billion annually in the United States. In an attempt to decrease the costs of cardiac surgery, fast-track programs have become popular. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of three different opioid techniques for cardiac surgery on postoperat

A Comparison of fentanyl, sufentanil, and remifentanil for fast-track cardiac anesthesia

ObjectiveTo determine hospital mortality, weaning from mechanical ventilation, long-term survival, and functional health status in patients receiving ≥7 days of mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery.DesignRetrospective chart review and prospective patient interviews.SettingA university-affili

Milo Engoren

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Effect of blood transfusion on long-term survival after cardiac operation.

Effects of body size on operative, intermediate, and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass operation

Approximate entropy of respiratory rate and tidal volume during weaning from mechanical ventilation.

A Comparison of fentanyl, sufentanil, and remifentanil for fast-track cardiac anesthesia

Long-term survival and health status after prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery.