BACKGROUND Appropriate treatment methods lead to a reduced rate of mortality and morbidity, and an improved quality of life, in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease. OBJECTIVES In this study, we compared short and long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) versus medical therapy in patients 80 years of age and older with multi-vessel coronary artery disease (MV...

OBJECTIVES Previous studies demonstrated women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have poor outcomes when compared with men 'the gender gap phenomenon'. The impact of prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) on women presenting with ACS is unknown. We hypothesised that the gender gap is altered in ACS patients with prior CABG. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients presentin...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in 20-40% of patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and contributes to increased morbidity and expenditure after CABG. The limited efficacy of pharmacological treatment to prevent post-CABG AF has stimulated research into alternative prophylactic strategies for the arrhythmia. This article critically reviews the trial evidence in the literatur...

OBJECTIVES Women undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have been previously shown to be at an independently increased risk for post-operative morbidity and mortality. The current study evaluates the impact of sex as an independent risk factor for early and late morbidity and mortality following isolated CABG surgery. METHODS Data obtained between June 2001 and Decemb...

Introduction: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a probable complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) Surgery, that may be due to embolism, perfusion failure and consumption of ototoxic drugs. Since the incidence of SNHL after CABG is different according to the various reports, the present study was designed to study hearing threshold change after CABG surgery. Method: In this cross...

OBJECTIVES In patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the drug-eluting stent era, we compared women's and men's health status 6 and 12 months post-PCI and investigated whether predictors of poor health status at 12 months are similar for women and men. METHODS Consecutive patients (n=692; 28% women) treated with PCI completed the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-...

Objective: In recent years, satisfactory outcome of primary cardiac operation in octogenerians and increased ageing of cardiac surgical population in western hospitals have led to increased expectations and referrals for reoperation. Outcome of reoperation in this aged subset was analysed. Methods: Consecutive 18 octogenerians (mean age 81.2 years, 10 men, eight women) undergoing cardiac reoper...