coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. in this study, we compared two surgical methods of left internal mammary artery (lima) anastomosis on left anterior descending (lad) artery in patients with severe diffuse lesions. a total of 40 patients were included in our study and randomly assigned into two groups. in group a, after a long arteriotomy on lad, the posterior sur...

Left ventricular (LV) remodeling is well-known complication after myocardial infarction (MI) and numerous studies have emphasized the clinical importance of ventricular remod-eling. 1-4) In these literatures, progressive LV dilatation and decreased LV ejection fraction were major determinants in future development of heart failure and long term survival. That is why early recognition of patient...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent among older post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients. It is not known whether CKD is an independent risk factor for mortality in older post-MI patients with optimal cardiovascular drug-treatment. Therefore, we studied the relation between kidney function and all-cause and specific mortality among older post-MI patients, without severe heart failu...

BACKGROUND Cardiac rehabilitation is a combination of integrated programs aimed at improving outcomes in patients recovering from heart events. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to evaluate the early benefits of supervised exercise training on electrophysiological function of post-ischemic myocardium. In this regard, signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) was used. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

BACKGROUND Race and sex disparities in in-hospital treatment and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) have been described, but little is known about race and sex differences in post-MI angina and long-term risk of unplanned rehospitalization. We examined race and sex differences in post-MI angina frequency and 1-year unplanned rehospitalization to identify factors associat...

BACKGROUND A significant proportion of myocardial infarction (MI) patients undergo complex, coordinated perturbations at the molecular level that may eventually drive the occurrence of ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. Despite advances in the elucidation of key processes implicated in this condition, traditional methods relying on gene expression data and the identification of individu...

In the present study we identify parameters which influence the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI), need for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and cardiac mortality after minimal invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCABG). With a mean follow-up of 30+/-11.2 months, 390 patients were assessed with Wald test-corrected chi(2) analysis to ...

AIM To gain a better understanding of the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on long-term mortality in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and identify areas where the clinical care for these patients may be improved. METHODS Patients hospitalised for MI between 2005 and 2010 were identified from the nationwide Swedish SWEDEHEART registry. Patients with MI and a prior...

a study published in the previous issue of Critical Care, Gonçalves and colleagues [1] observed a 33% reduction in re-intubation rate in the study group, due to eff ective management of bronchial secretions. Current evidence favors early implementation of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in the post-extubation period to reduce re-intubation, especially in patients with hypercapnic respi...

Batra, G. 2017. Atrial Fibrillation in the setting of Coronary Artery Disease. Risks and outcomes with different treatment options. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1332. 86 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9917-4. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide and atrial fibrillation (AF...