purpose: to evaluate the incidence of the oculo-cardiac reflex (ocr) and its associated risk factors during strabismus surgeries performed at a tertiary referral center between 1390 and 1392. methods: over a 2-year period, all strabismus surgery candidates were enrolled in the study after obtaining consent from the patients or their parents. vital signs were recorded before the initiation of th...

BACKGROUND Cardiac failure occasionally is caused by the creation of vascular access for hemodialysis. However, the influence of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula on cardiac function has not been fully elucidated. The present study investigated serial changes in cardiac function and hormonal levels after the AV fistula operation. METHODS Sixteen patients with chronic renal failure underwent echoc...

A new modification of the Fontan operation for complex cardiac anomalies is described. The technique comprises superior vena cava-pulmonary artery anastomosis and inferior vena cava-pulmonary artery bridging via a composite conduit connected to the inferior vena cava via the right atrium, totally excluding the right heart. The procedure was applied to a patient with complex cardiac abnormalitie...

atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in most parts of the world. this disorder affects mostly patients above the age 40 years. this case report introduces a 17 years old girl with early development of coronary artery disease who had severe coronary atherosclerosis that did not respond to medical and interventional treatment and underwent surgical operation in cardiac surgery department...

We describe the use of the continuous wave oesophageal Doppler monitor (ODM II) in the perioperative management of a patient with chronic obstructive coronary artery disease undergoing transmyocardial revascularization (TMR). The use of ODM II allowed both quantitative and qualitative assessment of cardiac function relatively noninvasively. It detected the successful transmyocardial penetration...

Five hundred and eighty six patients with mitral valve disease were studied with cardiac catheterization between 1961 and 1972; 48 (8.2%) had extreme pulmonary hypertension (resting systolic pulmonary artery pressure of 80 mmHg or above and pulmonary vascular resistance of 10 units or greater) and of these patients, 27 underwent cardiac surgery. The operative mortality for mitral valvotomy was ...

conclusions none of the factors were significantly related to developing burns. the differences between the two groups highlights the importance of systems modifications to lessen the incidence of burns. patients and methods this was a case-control study in which two groups of 150 patients undergoing cardiac surgery in imam khomeini hospital were recruited. several factors like gender, age, ope...

the use of local anesthesia with lidocaine containing epinephrine in patients with cardiac disease is controversial in the literature. the aim of our study was determining the safety of use the local anesthesia contain epinephrine in patients with ischemic heart disease that undergoing reconstructive surgery. thirty two patients that had known ischemic heart disease and candidate to undergo rec...