Both coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been shown to provide symptomatic relief and to increase longterm survival in patients with coronary artery disease.1–3 Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) seeks to combine the respective strengths of CABG and PCI in an attempt to offer a technique that is less invasive than conventional su...

Throughout its 30-year history, the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA) has been useful for in situ grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The early graft patency rate is high, and the late patency rate has improved by using the skeletonized GEA graft and proper target selection, which involves having a target coronary artery with a tight >90% stenosis. Total arterial revascularization...

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...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is advantageous for long-term clinical outcomes compared to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in hemodialysis (HD) patients, as PCI has a lower short-term mortality but higher late revascularization risk. Therefore, CABG very important HD patients current practice. In the presence of an arteriovenous fistula may flow capacity ipsilateral internal th...

According to the annual registry of the Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery, the percentage of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures performed in Japan in recent years has increased rapidly, comprising of more than 60% of all CABG procedures in 2004. This widespread use of off-pump CABG is mostly owing to the recent technological advances in devices that are sp...

Aim of the work To study extent right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in ischemic patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Patients and methods RV function was studied preoperatively followed for 1 month postoperatively 40 who were scheduled elective surgery other controls. We evaluated by tissue Doppler tricuspid annulus basal septum, annular plane systolic excursion, dimensions. Bo...

conclusions ptps is a common problem following cabg, and pre-emptive therapy with dex may decrease neuropathic pain. results fifty-four patients were placed in the control group, and 50 patients were assigned to the dex group. the age, sex, and body mass index were not significantly different between the two groups of study (p > 0.05). the incidence of ptps was 11/50 (22%) patients in the dex g...

introduction : significant left main coronary artery stenosis jeopardizes the entire myocardium of the left ventricle and has the worst prognosis of any form of coronary artery disease. coronary-artery bypass grafting (cabg) has been considered as the standard therapeutic approach for such patients. there are limited data on the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (pc...

Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal-dominant disorder in which mutations in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene cause high levels of LDL and premature coronary artery disease in childhood (1). Extra coronary atherosclerotic lesions, including calcification of the aortic valve and root, are present in those patients. Atherosclerotic thickening and obstruction of the ascendi...