The authors undertook a meta-analysis of 37 randomized trials (3369 patients) of off-pump
coronary artery bypass surgery versus conventional coronary artery bypass surgery. No …

The practice of lung transplantation is constrained by a shortage of suitable donor organs.
Furthermore, even “optimal” donor lung grafts are at risk of significant dysfunction …

BACKGROUND: Cerebral deoxygenation is associated with various adverse systemic
outcomes. We hypothesized, by using the brain as an index organ, that interventions to …

Background The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting
(CABG) with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with …

In this last report of the Registry's current administration, it is appropriate to review the
changes and growth of the Registry during our 7-year stewardship. The total number of …

Heart and Lung Transplantation has grown substantially during the past 5 years, from a little
more than 43,000 registered procedures at the end of 1994 to almost 70,000 registered …

Background Although certain forms of end-stage lung disease are debilitating, whether the
associated mortality rate exceeds that of transplantation is unclear. We undertook analysis to …

Background Previously, we reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days in the
rate of a primary composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or new renal …

Background We previously reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days or at
1 year in the rate of the composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or renal …

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation added a total of 3673 additional
thoracic organ recipients, the smallest number over the past 5 years. In addition, we added …