background : cardiovascular operations are associated with an inherent bleeding tendency that sometimes leads to severe bleeding and transfusion requirement. pharmacological intervention to minimize post-bypass bleeding and blood product transfusions has received increasing attention from both medical and economic viewpoints. methods: this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical t...

background: cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for managing cardiovascular indices as well as controlling the cardiovascular risk profile, in particular after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). however, the effect of this program on right ventricular function following cabg is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ...

background: euroscore is a simple and rigorous risk stratification model and is, thus, commonly used in predicting the early and late outcomes of cardiac surgery across the world. we aimed to assess the discriminative power of the euroscore model to predict postoperative morbidity and total prolonged length of stay in hospital (los) and intensive care unit (icu) stay in an iranian group of card...

background: reducing blood pressure through diet decreases the possibility of heart attacks, and lowering blood cholesterol can reduce the risk of coronary artery disease. the aim of the present study was to examine the effects of education based on the health belief model on the dietary behavior of patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) at the heart surgery department o...

background higher life expectancy and increased ischemic heart disease (ihd) have resulted in increasing number of the elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. age along with many other comorbidities influence the outcome of major surgeries in the elderly patients; hence, case selection before major surgeries is challenging. objectives the pure effect of age after adjusting for other majo...

conclusions our study showed that desmopressin could not reduce the amount of blood loss after cabg. also, desmopressin did not have a significant effect on coagulation status. therefore, based on the results of our study, it seems that the use of this medication cannot be a helpful for patients with any indication for cabg. background coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is a common surgical...

INTRODUCTION A coronary artery anomaly precludes the use of a trans-annular patch in right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction. Herein we present three patients with coronary artery anomalies who underwent total corrective operations without using a conduit. METHODS Between 2007 and 2010, 84 patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) were operated on. Nine (9.4%) of them had a corona...

OBJECTIVE To identify the clinical and angiographic predictors of early outcome following coronary stent implantation. METHODS Nine hundred and forty-six patients (pt) [61.04 +/- 10.98 years old, range 31 to 91] underwent stent implantation; 580 male (61.3%). Procedural success was defined when a pt had at least one vessel successfully dilated with a residual stenosis < 20%. Clinical success ...

OBJECTIVE To describe mortality and morbidity during a period of 2 years after coronary artery bypass grafting in relation to gender. DESIGN Prospective follow-up study. SETTING Two regional cardiothoracic centres which performed all the coronary artery bypass operations in western Sweden at the time. SUBJECTS A total of 2129 (1727 (81%) men and 402 (19%) women) consecutive patients under...