Continuous heart murmur following aorto-coronary bypass surgery.

Effect of Rehabilitation Continuous and Interval Aerobic Exercise on Depression and Anxiety in Patients With Cardiac Diseases after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Objectives The current study aimed at serving the effects of continuous and interval exercise training on decreasing the depression and anxiety in patients with heart diseases after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Methods The research method was semi-experimental and the statistical population included the cardiac patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery at Tehran Heart Cente...

Fever and posterior mediastinal opacity following aorto-coronary bypass graft.

A4 62-year-old man was admitted with a four-week history of fever following an aorto-coronary bypass graft. The postoperative chest roentgenogram was normal. His past history included hypertension of 13 years' duration and coronary artery disease commencing three years previously. On examination, his tern-perature ranged between 37.5#{176} and 38.8#{176}C, a grade 2/6 apical systolic murmur was...

Comparing the Effect of Continuous and Intermittent Irrigation Techniques on Complications of Arterial Catheter and Partial Thromboplastin Time in Patients Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Background: Different approaches are available to irrigate the arterial catheter, such as continuous and intermittent techniques. However, there is a disagreement regarding the most appropriate method. Aim: this study aimed to compare the effect of two continuous and intermittent irrigation methods on complications of arterial catheter and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) in patients with coro...

Fatal cerebral embolism following aorto-coronary bypass graft surgery.

In a case of fatal cerebral embolic infarction following aorto-coronary bypass graft (ACBG) surgery, postmortem examination revealed thrombosis of the vein grafts to the left circumflex and left anterior descending coronary arteries. Continguous with the thrombus in the graft to the circumflex artery was thrombotic material adherent to the aortic sutures and extending several millimeters into t...

Evaluation by exercise testing and atrial pacing of results of aorto-coronary bypass surgery.