Aim. To assess left atrial (LA) strain parameters in candidates for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to evaluate their possible relationship with newly diagnosed fibrillation (AF) after isolated CABG. Material methods . The study Included 70 patients without prior AF (mean age, 65±8 years; men, 80%). Preoperative speckle-tracking echocardiography an assessment of LA was performed. Two...

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'In patients undergoing surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD), does concomitant revascularization improve prognosis?'. The scientific literature was reviewed by searching Medline, using Ovid interface, from 1950 to April 2009. Four hundred and five pap...

Background: Post operative complications after CABG are a major source of morbidity & mortality& increases hospital stay. Pain level which is experienced with an activity after CABG reduces the functional capacity & QOL. In this study we aimed to effectively reduce post CABG pain and improve respiratory functions in phase 1 post CABG patients with the help of Respiratory Muscle Stretch Gymnasti...

BACKGROUND The advancing age and generally increasing risk profile of patients receiving isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is expected to raise incidence of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (AFIB) resulting in potentially higher risk of adverse outcomes. In the early postoperative course, new-onset post-CABG AFIB is considered relatively easy to treat and is believ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the most robust predictor of myocardial viability among stress/rest reversibility (coronary flow reserve [CFR] impairment), (201)Tl perfusion status at rest, (201)Tl 24 hours redistribution and systolic wall thickening of (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile using a dual isotope gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography...

INTRODUCTION Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are at risk of strokes and neurocognitive disorders. THE AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study was to assess the clinical utility of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) MRI in detection of new brain lesions in patients after CABG. We assessed the incidence and types of brain lesions and correlated the data with neurolog...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown patients who are delayed for surgical cardiac revascularization are faced with increased risks of symptom deterioration and death. This could explain the observation that operative mortality among persons undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is higher among women than men. However, in jurisdictions that employ priority wait lists to manage access to ele...