Method The study group was consisted of 1186 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery from June 2012 to April 2015 in a single Cardiothoracic Surgery Department. The following 21 peri-operative variables have been investigated: Age, Gender, Euroscore II, Body Mass Index (BMI),Smoking habit, Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin use, pre-op Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR), Peripheral Vascular Di...

AIMS To assess the pattern of use of antimetabolites in trabeculectomy surgery by all consultant ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. METHODS A postal questionnaire of 12 questions regarding antimetabolite use in trabeculectomy surgery was sent to all 749 consultant ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom. The consultants were asked to estimate the number of trabeculectomies they performed ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical outcomes of the elderly patients with Non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) compared to non-elderly patients. Patients with NSTEMI and undergoing CABG (n=451) who were registered in the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry between December 2003 and August 2012 were divid...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative management and long-term survival of patients undergoing heart transplantation as a redo-operation and compare the results with those obtained in patients undergoing transplantation as their ®rst cardiac surgical procedure. Methods: Between 1990 and 1997, 49 heart transplantation procedures were performed in patients who had und...

Objective: to analyze intra-hospital results in patients undergoing elective off-pump total arterial revascularization and identify morbidity and mortality predictors using this surgical strategy. Methods: From May 1999 to February 2004, 203 myocardial revascularization procedures with total arterial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump) were carried out in patients with m...