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ArticleOpen journal of cardiovascular surgery2019

The π-Circuit Technique in Coronary Surgery: Analysis of 1359 Consecutive Cases.

Sotirios N Prapas, Ioannis A Pangiotopoulos, Vasileios N Leivaditis, Konstantinos P Katsavrias, Vasiliki S Prapa, Ioannis N Linardakis, Efstratios N Koletsis, Konstantinos Grapatsas

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Article in Open journal of cardiovascular surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sotirios N Prapas1st Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis A Pangiotopoulos1st Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Vasileios N LeivaditisDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-0059
Konstantinos P Katsavrias1st Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki S PrapaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis N Linardakis1st Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Efstratios N KoletsisDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Konstantinos GrapatsasDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery bypass surgery still has its unique role in the treatment of coronary artery disease. It faces, however, the continuous challenge of becoming even less invasive and more effective as cases become more complex. We here present the results of 1359 cases treated with the π-circuit technique which consists of an off-pump total myocardial revascularization using composite arterial grafts. The results demonstrate that it is a safe technique providing low mortality, stroke, renal failure, wound infection, and other complication rates. We suggest the application of this technique, as well as of other similar techniques regarding similar principles, especially in high-risk patients.

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arterial graftsarteria revascularizationcomposite graftsCoronary artery bypass graftnon-touch aortic techniqueoff-pump coronary surgery

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PMCPMC6712752

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