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...

BACKGROUND The advances in surgical techniques, resuscitation and anesthesiology support over the last years have allowed simultaneous thoracic and abdominal operations to be made for cancer and concomitant severe heart vessel disease relieving the patient from several diseases simultaneously and achieving long lasting remission or cure. CLINICAL CASE A simultaneous nephrectomy and coronary a...

BACKGROUND Proliferative diabetic retinopathy leading to vitreous hemorrhage, tractional retinal detachment, and neovascular glaucoma is a major cause of severe sight impairment in adults of working age worldwide. Neovascular glaucoma occurs in 2.5% of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which is difficult to treat and often leads to blindness. Onset of neovascular glaucoma with r...

Introduction: Heart failure is a major hazard for public health. Despite recent advance in medical therapy, there is not enough information on the outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) and medical therapy on the patients with severe ventricular dysfunction and triple-vessel (CAD). This study aimed to compare treatment outcomes and mortality rate in patients undergoing off-pump coro...

Background: Early extubation protocols can be safely implemented in most patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. We have found that these results can be replicated in patients undergoing valve surgery and combined coronary bypass and valve surgery as well. Methods: We implemented an early extubation protocol on Apr 4th, 2011. Our goal was to extubate all appropriately selected patie...