introduction: prevalence of stroke following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) is % 2.1-5.2 and associated with high mortality. the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing cabg surgery.  methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2010-2011 on 192 patients who underwent open heart surgery (cabg) in ima...

coronary artery disease is one of the most common reasons of death around the world. also, according to previous studies, the incidence of coronary artery disease is rapidly increasing in developing countries such as iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practice of pharmaceutical company workers towards the prevention of cardiovascular disease. in this cross sectional s...

introduction : significant left main coronary artery stenosis jeopardizes the entire myocardium of the left ventricle and has the worst prognosis of any form of coronary artery disease. coronary-artery bypass grafting (cabg) has been considered as the standard therapeutic approach for such patients. there are limited data on the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (pc...

patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction have high mortality with non surgical (medical) treatment. coronary artery bypass grafting improves survival and the quality of life. recently, revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass has been presented as a viable alternative. the aim of this study was to survey the result of coronary artery bypass grafting with of...

background  : on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery impairs gas exchange in the early postoperative period. the main object on this study was evaluation of changes in arterial blood gas values in patients underwent on pump cabg surgery receiving different dose of intravenous nitroglycerin (ntg). methods : sixty-seven consecutive patients undergoing elective on-pump cabg randomly e...

a 40 year old male, a known case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was admitted for catheterization. at catheterization and angiography, septum was hypertrophied to about 5cm and diffuse coronary artery aneurysm was revealed. we found no previous report of coronary artery aneurysm in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

conclusions our study showed superiority of off-pump cabg regarding lvef, rvef and valves regurgitations. future studies with prospective structure, accurate randomization, longer follow up duration, and larger sample size are needed. results one hundred eighteen patients with the mean age of 59.47 ± 9.68 years were included (81 male and 37 female). on-pump cabg was done on 84 patients and off-...

abstract background and objectives: patients are oriented towards spirituality after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). the aim of this study was to explore the patients’ spiritual experiences after cabg. methods: this qualitative study was conducted using hermeneutic phenomenology. 11 participants (7 males and 4 females) were interviewed in tehran heart center hospital in 2013 using maxim...