We sought to investigate the effects of the left internal mammary artery anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery for improving mid-term outcome in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Twenty consecutive coronary artery bypass grafts performed by a single surgeon for less than 35% ejection fraction patients were reviewed retrospectively from April 2000 to November 2008. ...

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...

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...

background: redo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) is associated with a higher risk of mortality than the first operation. however, the impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) on the outcome in such patients is currently unclear. we evaluated the in-hospital and six-month clinical outcomes of post-cabg patients who underwent pci in our center. methods: between april 2008...

background : postoperative neurological injuries, including cognitive dysfunction, sleep disorder, delirium, and anxiety, are the important consequences of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). evidence has shown that postoperative sleep disturbance is partly due to disturbed melatonin secretion in the perioperative period. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of melatonin on...

at the final stages of a coronary artery bypass graft operation on a 64-year-old man, an experienced physician attempted to insert an intra-aortic balloon pump into the femoral artery via the seldinger technique. however, while the balloon pump was being passed over the guide wire, the latter was completely lost. the guide wire should be held at the tip at all times to prevent passage into the ...

background: lactic acidosis in cardiac surgical patients is a manifestation of systemic inflammation and excess pro-inflammatory cytokine production. this investigation was designed to integrate basic concepts about lactate acidosis with a clinically used of serum lactate in patients under coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) by on pump method. methods: from august to september 2012, 15 patien...

OBJECTIVES The use of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) has been associated with similar or even worse results vs on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Different production processes demand re-engineering, operational learning and quality loops to study and reduce negative learning curves. This analysis studies and quantifies the impact of these processes on the early mort...

Post-infarction ventricular aneurysm is a complication of myocardial infarction. While the involvement of the anterior wall is quite common, posterobasal left ventricular aneurysm is a rare clinical complication in this setting. In this case report, we report a post-infarction posterobasal left ventricular aneurysm combined with ischemic mitral regurgitation due to coronary artery disease, for ...