Objective: Cardiopulmonary bypass and global cardiac arrest enable safe coronary artery
bypass grafting but have adverse effects. In off-pump coronary bypass grafting, invasiveness …

Objective. This study assessed the feasibility of coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating
heart without interruption of native coronary blood flow using a novel anastomosis site …

OBJECTIVE: Target site immobilization is essential to enable meticulous anastomosis
suturing during coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart. A novel device (‘Octopus’) …

Background Asynchronous patterns of contraction and relaxation may contribute to hemodynamic
and functional impairment in heart failure. In 1993, we introduced biventricular pacing …

In off-pump coronary artery grafting, cardiopulmonary bypass and its associated maneuvers,
ie, aortic manipulation and global cardiac arrest, may be avoided, and thus its morbidity and …

Objective The study aim was to investigate the long-term prognosis and risk factors of
postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS). Methods We performed a single-center cohort study in 822 …

Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication after cardiac
surgery. Inflammation is believed to play a pivotal role in the etiology of postoperative AF. There …

The Octopus Study consists of two multicenter randomized clinical trials in which coronary
artery bypass grafting on the beating heart (off-pump CABG) using the Utrecht Octopus …

Cross-clamping of the descending thoracic aorta for surgical correction of coarctation carries
a risk of injury to the spinal cord, which is usually attributed to insufficient blood supply …

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting requires immobilization of the coronary artery. A
suction device (Octopus Tissue Stabilizer), attached to the epicardium and connected rigidly to …