Minoru Tabata

..A new vascular graft (Triplex [Vascutek Terumo, Tokyo, Japan]) has a three-layer structure and no biologic coating material. We assessed inflammatory reaction and mediastinal tube drainage after thoracic aortic surgery using this graft...

..An objective assessment of the current status of IMA use has not been systematically performed...

..However, the effect of preoperative statins in patients without coronary artery disease who undergo cardiac surgery remains poorly defined...

..30 to 0.99, p = 0.047) was significantly associated with low incidence of new postoperative renal insufficiency. In conclusion, preoperative statin use may be renoprotective after coronary artery bypass grafting...

..We assessed mitral valve (MV) function using serial echocardiography as an indicator of the durability of MV repair. The aim of this study was to analyze the mechanisms of recurrent regurgitation after MV repair for degenerative disease...

..This study assessed the safety and efficacy of off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in patients with left main disease...

..1% of patients. Early graft patency of bypass grafts was 100%. Composite outcomes of mortality and the rate of major complications of patients with CABG was 19.6%. TAAR with CABG can be safely performed with favorable outcomes...

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..This study analyzed the incidence and predictors of arterial graft deterioration...

..This study compared early and follow-up angiographic results of individual and sequential grafting with the free right internal thoracic artery (RITA)...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate its mechanism by analysing the change in mitral valve morphology associated with operative procedures...

..However, the outcome after elective aortic valve replacement (eAVR) has not been evaluated adequately. This study aimed to identify risk factors after eAVR in octogenarians and investigate their influence on long-term outcome...

..Transapical cannulation is a simple procedure to restore antegrade blood flow during ECC. However the efficacy of this procedure is unknown...

..Minimal access cardiac valve surgery is increasingly utilized. We report our 11-year experience with minimally invasive aortic valve surgery...

..Efficacy of papillary muscle approximation (PMA) has not been well defined...

..The aim of this study was to examine early and late results of this technique and compare 2 different reconstruction methods...

..We report the operative outcomes of total arch replacement with our modified perfusion strategy...

..Conversion to a full sternotomy is occasionally required for reasons that remain inadequately reported...

..Patients with both cardiothoracic lesions and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are increasing in Japan. The objective of this study was to clarify the effect of 2-staged surgery on complication rates...

..This study aimed to assess the clinical and angiographic outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in elderly patients (≥75 years)...

..We sought to compare early and 1-year angiographic results of various coronary artery bypass grafting configurations with the right internal thoracic artery in combination with the left internal thoracic artery...

..Minimal access approaches are becoming readily accepted techniques for cardiac valve surgery. However, the safety or benefit of this approach for aortic surgery has not been well investigated...

..We report an 11-year experience with reoperative minimal access aortic valve surgery through an upper hemisternotomy...

..Mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty were performed successfully. The postoperative course was uneventful...

..We assessed the early and midterm outcomes of patients with mild or moderate IMR who underwent isolated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB)...

..However, outcomes of multiple coronary endarterectomy (MCE) have not been well investigated. We sought to examine early and late results of this technique...

..The aim of this study was to assess the angiographic patency rates of grafts used for coronary artery bypass surgery...

..However, it has not been clarified whether composite grafting can achieve angiographic outcomes equivalent to those obtained with individual grafting for specific target vessels...

..Pathohistologic examination confirmed the diagnosis. We discuss the echocardiographic characteristics and preferred surgical approaches for the two tumors...

..Folding valvuloplasty is a simple and effective technique for selected types of myxomatous MR with favorable outcomes and midterm echocardiographic findings...

..5 ± 0.6 vs 2.9 ± 1.0; p=0.07). In conclusion, assessment of the CFVR of the LAD using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography was useful after CABG for confirming graft patency...

..The patient developed a local recurrence and abdominal dissemination of the tumor three months after surgery. We report the case and discuss about the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic aortic intimal sarcoma...

..Aortic valve replacement via an upper hemisternotomy can be performed safely, even in patients with left ventricular dysfunction, with morbidity and mortality outcomes similar to those of a full sternotomy...

..The authors review their 9 years of experience with minimally invasive mitral valve repair in the elderly and compare and contrast other forms of surgery in the elderly, including robotic mitral valve repair...

..However, the actual effect of renal dysfunction in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting has not been well understood...